Detail View: The AMICA Library: Suit

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1975.246.5a-c
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Name: 
James, Charles
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Role: 
Designer
Creator Dates/Places: 
American, 1906 - 1978
Creator Name-CRT: 
Designed by Charles James
Title: 
Suit
Title Type: 
Object name
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1951
Creation Start Date: 
1951
Creation End Date: 
1951
Materials and Techniques: 
silk, wool
Classification Term: 
Main dress-Womenswear
Dimensions: 
(a) L. at center back 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm); (b) L. at center back 26 1/2 in. (67.5 cm); (c) L. at center back 20 1/2 in. (52 cm)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1975.246.5a-c
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum, 1975
Rights: 
Context: 

Capturing the colors of autumn, James created a suit of pronounced modernist shapes, complementing cashmere with an orange-rust silk satin.

Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.ci1975.246.5a-c.R.tif