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Louella Ballerino
Woman's Ensemble (Jacket and Skirt)1947

Not on view
Two-piece fashion ensemble on a white mannequin: fitted black jacket with stand-up collar and a full-length black skirt with bold horizontal bands of green, pink, and yellow

Louella Ballerino, Woman's Ensemble (Jacket and Skirt), 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Fashion Group, Inc. of Los Angeles, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Louella Ballerino
United States, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1900-1978
Title
Woman's Ensemble (Jacket and Skirt)
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1947
Medium
Jacket: rayon faille, plastic buttons. Skirt: rayon faille, grosgrain ribbon, metallic ribbon trim.
Dimensions
Center back length (Jacket): 18 1/4 in. (46.36 cm) Center back length (Skirt): 42 5/8 in. (108.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Fashion Group, Inc. of Los Angeles
Accession Number
48.39.30a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward. Salute to California: 50 Years of Fashion, 1930-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012

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