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Group shot: 2016.519.1-2
Top, Skirt and Halter Top
Group shot: 2016.519.1-2

Top, Skirt and Halter Top

Bill Blass, Inc. (American, founded 1970)
about 1995
Medium/TechniqueTop: silk plain weave (chiffon) printed, faux snakeskin, feathers; Skirt: Faux snakeskin lined with silk plain weave; Halter Top: silk plain weave (chiffon) printed and embroidered with sequins and glass beads
DimensionsCenter back (Top): 40.6 cm (16 in.)
Center back (Skirt): 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Center back (Halter top): 61 cm (24 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jacqueline Parker Togut
Accession number2016.519.1-3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceEarly to mid 1980s-early 2000s, sold or gifted by Roy Halston Frowick or Christian Dior to Jacqueline Parker Togut, New York; 2016, gift of Jacqueline Parker Togut to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)
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