Object Details
- Designer
- Fernand Léger, (French, 1881–1955)
- Producer
- Fuller Fabrics, New York, New York, USA
- Designer
- Claire McCardell, American, 1905 - 1958
- Description
- Shirtwaist dress with long sleeves and a full skirt, made from off-white printed cotton fabric with black graphic images of clowns and acrobats, with the text "J'ai seul la clef a cette parade sauvage." With patches of turquoise blue and yellow-green.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elena Phipps in honor of Helene Phipps
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- costume & accessories
- Dress
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved roller
- Dimensions
- H x W (on mannequin): 127 x 76.2 cm (50 x 30 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2013-5-1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq469c1e5f6-6944-4c41-96ab-819c6658999e
