Woman's cocktail dress
Arnold Scaasi
(American, 1930–2015)
Summer 1959
Medium/TechniquePrinted silk plain weave (shantung)
DimensionsCenter back: 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.) Measured to point of the V opening.
Credit LineGift of Caryl Engleman Kligfeld and Nancy Engleman Katz in honor of Claire Scheib Engleman
Accession number2010.983
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Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1959, received by Claire Scheib Engleman from Arnold Scaasi; 2002, by inheritence her daughters Nancy Katz and Caryl Kligfeld; 2010, gift of Katz and Kligfeld to the MFA (Accession date: December 15, 2010)
