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Geoffrey Beene
Woman's Ensemble (Dress and Jacket)late 1980s

Not on view
A two-piece women's ensemble: a fitted pinstriped jacket with stand collar and pearlescent buttons over a full-length slate-purple damask skirt with black floral pattern and lace hem.
Evening gown displayed on a hanger, purple-gray satin damask skirt with large-scale floral and foliate pattern, black lace bodice and hem trim, spaghetti straps.
Designer
Geoffrey Beene
United States, 1927-2004
Title
Woman's Ensemble (Dress and Jacket)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
late 1980s
Medium
Dress: Silk damask, silk machine-made lace, silk net; Jacket: Silk twill with supplementary warp patterning, mother-of-pearl buttons
Dimensions
Length (.1) Gown center back length): 50 1/4 in. (127.64 cm) Length (.2) Jacket center back length): 24 3/4 in. (62.87 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Katherine E. Kilroy
Accession Number
AC1996.185.8.1-.2
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles