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Marjorie Michaels
Woman's Dress and Stole1947

Not on view
Steel-blue halter dress on a white dress form, with cream lace trim at the wide collar flounce and hem, full gathered skirt
Dress ensemble displayed on a dressmaker's form: a sleeveless blue-gray midi dress with a sweetheart neckline and full skirt, worn with a cream broderie anglaise jacket trimmed with blue piping; lace hem detail at skirt edge.

Marjorie Michaels, Woman's Dress and Stole, 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Fashion Group, Inc. of Los Angeles, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Marjorie Michaels
United States, California, active 1948 - early 1970s
Title
Woman's Dress and Stole
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1947
Medium
Dress: Cotton twill (denim) with cotton plain weave with cotton cutwork embroidery (broderie anglaise) Scarf: Cotton plain weave with cotton cutwork embroidery (broderie anglaise), with cotton twill (denim)
Dimensions
Center front length (Dress): 42 1/2 in. (107.95 cm) Overall (Stole): 69 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (177.17 × 35.24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Fashion Group, Inc. of Los Angeles
Accession Number
48.39.12a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles