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Yellow wool two piece suit, jacket [a] and skirt [b]. Fitted jacket with oversized matching knotwork buttons, and long sleeves with yellow satin lining. The skirt is an A-line, with a right side hook-and-eye closure, plain waist, yellow satin lining, and slit pockets at hips.
Worn by Virginia Ramsdell Vasiliou as her 'going away' dress, March 10, 1962.
suits (main garments)
wool (textile)
polyester
Suit
"FASHION STUDIO / Gertrude Singer / 54 CHURCH STREET / CAMBRIDGE, MASS" (printed)
"SEYMOUR FOX / PARIS NEW YORK" (printed)
"14 / 63"
"14 / 79"; "2 / 687"
66.5
Seymour Fox (Designer)
Gertrude Singer Fashion Studio (Retailer)
New York
Gift of Theodore W. Vasiliou
2010.17.5AB
ca. 1962 (Worn by Virginia Ramsdell Vasiliou as her 'going away' dress, March 10, 1962.)
Probably New York state (United States)
Probably New York City (New York state)
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