suit

Created
Medium
wool, acrylic, silk, metal
Title
suit
Type
Costume
Institution
Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Created
Created earliest year
1991
Created latest year
1991
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam B. Ansted, Jr. Art Fund
Description
A day suit consisting of a short boxy jacket and short fitted skirt in a bulky/textured lime green and white woven hounds tooth; jacket is trimmed around the neck edge, front opening, hem and sleeve hems with cream, red and green gimp and a gold metallic and black braid; decorative breast pocket flaps are edged with the gold braid which is applied to form an extended loop at the center of each flap; a gold colored metal cowbell is attached to the garment fabric inside each of these loops; eight additional cowbells are stitched to the front of the jacket, four spaced equidistantly down each side of the center front opening; two more cowbells are attached to the sleeves-one at the top of each side opening; the back of the jacket is embellished with a large machine embroidered scene of a black and white cow, with red, white and green bow at its ear, standing in a green meadow; this scene is outlined with the metallic braid applied to form loops at the top and bottom and each side; bouquets of roses and carnations are machine embroidered outside the braid bordered central scene at all four corners-two bouquets of roses and two bouquets of carnations at diagonally opposite corners; the jacket is lined with cream colored light weight synthetic taffeta; a gold colored metal hanging chain is attached inside the center back neck; below this a woven label reading "MOSCHINO, COUTURE!, Made in Italy" in black on a white ground; a gold heart shape is woven between "MOSCHINO" and "COUTURE!"; printed care and fiber content labels are stitched into the proper left lining side seam. The fitted skirt is knee length with a 1 ¾" wide waistband that ends with a small pointed tab at the proper left side opening; there is a green plastic "MOSCHINO COUTURE" button closure and a side seam zipper; the skirt is lined with light green light weight synthetic taffeta; there is a Moschino Couture label (the same as in the jacket) at the center back waist; a size label woven in black on white is stitched into the waist seam to the proper right of the Moschino label.
Extent
A) jacket: L: 16 5/8 in. (center back) bust circumference: 36 in. B) skirt: L: 20 1/4 in.
Identifier irn
irn-65399
Identifier accession number
2008.264A-B
Medium
wool, acrylic, silk, metal
Provenance
New York; (Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois, March 9, 2008, #295); IMA.
Title
suit
Type
Costume