Dress — Accession 1979.42.1

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Coverage

03/02/2020–09/03/2026

Method

Methodology

Object

Dress

Accession number

1979.42.1

Date

1955–58

Makers

• Claire McCardell
• Saks Fifth Avenue

Medium

cotton

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Gift of Melvene Dyer-Bennet, 1979

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

daywear

Era

New Look decade (1947–1957)

Season

—

Material family

• cotton