Dress — Accession C.I.58.49.19

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Coverage

03/02/2020–09/03/2026

Method

Methodology

Object

Dress

Accession number

C.I.58.49.19

Date

1949–50

Makers

• Claire McCardell
• Townley Frocks

Medium

cotton, brass

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Gift of Irving Drought Harris, in memory of Claire McCardell Harris, 1958

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

daywear

Era

New Look decade (1947–1957)

Season

—

Material family

• cotton
• metal_stone