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One-piece swimming costume

(British)
about 1950
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave, printed
DimensionsCenter back: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession number2013.241
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)
Conservation status: Before treatment
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1925–29
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1930–35
Conservation status: Before treatment
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1933
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early 1970s
Women's swimsuit
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about 1930
Group shot: 2017.4358.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 2000–2001
Group shot: 2010.58.1-2
Adolfo Sardiña, known as Adolfo
about 1970
Group shot: 2010.226.1-5
Zandra Rhodes
1980s
Jantzen Swimsuit box
Jantzen
about 1925–30
Restricted: For reference only
Jeanne Lanvin
about 1922