Clover
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1948
- Description
Dress, evening-style, with silver-colored silk satin bodice and attached dark gray taffeta skirt. Bodice has wide neckline with tulip sleeves, which are supported by a lining of horsehair braiding, synthetic crinoline, lightweight silk taffeta, and dark blue silk organza. Voluminous cloverleaf-shaped skirt; lined with two layers of synthetic crinoline and multiple rows of boning; ankle-length.
- Creator
James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Main garments
Evening dress (concept)
Dresses (garments)
Evening dresses (garments)
Crinolines
Linn, Lucy Blair, 1886-1978 - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Silk (fiber)SatinTaffetaOrganza
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2014 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer). Clover. circa 1948. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/404. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer), (circa 1948) Clover. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/404
- MLA citation style
- James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/404>.