Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary Dress with Jacket, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1946
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Artifact Overview
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion. Her fashion choices not only reflected her years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers, but also highlighted her family's social standing. Firestone wore this jacketed dress -- by American designer Carrie Munn -- to her 25th wedding anniversary celebration at New York's Ritz Hotel.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Evening dress (Garment)
Date Made
1946
Subject Date
25 June 1946
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.263.227
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. William Clay Ford, Mrs. John F. Ball, and Mrs. William Leatherman.
Material
Silk (Textile)
Taffeta
Elastic fabrics
Sequins (Spangles)
Technique
Machine sewing (Technique)
Color
Blue
White (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 45 in (Dress 92.263.227.1)
Circumference: 30 in (Circumference of bust of Dress 92.263.227.1)
Circumference: 24 in (Circumference of waist of Dress 92.263.227.1)
Circumference: 32 in (Circumference of bust of Jacket 92.263.227.2)
Length: 13.5 in (Center back length of Jacket 92.263.227.2)
Length: 27 in (Sleeve length of Jacket 92.263.227.2)
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