Bathing suit with wrap skirt
Gottex
(Israeli, founded 1957)
late 1960s
Medium/TechniqueVelvet
DimensionsCenter back (bathing suit): 58.4 cm (23 in.)
Center back (wrap skirt): 102.9 cm (40 1/2 in.)
Center back (wrap skirt): 102.9 cm (40 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Linda Fenton
Accession number2012.821.1-2
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ProvenanceJuly 12, 2012, sold by Wishlist Consignment, Hanover, MA to Lauren Whitley, Lawrence, MA; 2012, sold by Lauren Whitley to the MFA. (Accession date: October 24, 2012)
1775–90
16th–17th century
About 1928
15th century
about 1850
about 1845
mid-19th century