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Suit

Designer Charles James American
1951
Not on view
Capturing the colors of autumn, James created a suit of pronounced modernist shapes, complementing cashmere with an orange-rust silk satin.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Suit
  • Designer: Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)
  • Date: 1951
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: silk, wool
  • Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.246.5a–c
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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