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Bathing costume
Bathing costume

Bathing costume

Slix, British, Southend-on-Sea
1950
Medium/TechniqueRayon, plain weave (faille)
DimensionsCenter back: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession number2013.238
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2012, sold by Leslie Verrinder, Tintin Collectibles, London, England to Frederic A. Sharf, Chesnut Hill, MA; 2013, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)
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