Afternoon Dress, Worn by Augusta Roddis, circa 1959

Artifact

Dress (Garment)

Date Made

circa 1959

Creators

Christian Dior (Firm) 

Stuarts, Inc. (Boston, MA) 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

United States, Massachusetts, Boston 

Creator Notes

Designed by Christian Dior, New York, New York, retail by Stuarts Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts.

Keywords

United States, Wisconsin, Marshfield 

Dresses (Garments) 

Women's clothing 

Clothing 

Roddis, Augusta Denton, 1916-2011 

Collection Title

Roddis Collection 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2014.24.45

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift in Memory of Augusta Denton Roddis.

Material

Silk (Textile)
Tweed

Technique

Machine sewing (Technique)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Inscriptions

Label inside jacket: Christian Dior ~ New York Inc. Tag by label: International ladies garment workers union / #482460 ILGWU Label in jacket top: STUARTS / INC. / BOSTON MASS