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Woman's cocktail dress

(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
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)
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2003.366.1-3
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