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Day Dress

Description: A) Day dress of red/orange chiffon printed with design of square polka dots. Modified shirtwaist style with wrap around closure. Below knee length; short sleeves with 1" cuffs. B) Belt of black velvet. No labels in either item.
Date: 1951
Creator: Dior, Christian

The Europeans

Description: Two figures in the foreground, seen from the chest up, comment on European angst. A figure in silhouette exits by a set of stairs. Bright yellow light illuminates the exterior of the gallery in which the people in the foreground stand. Talk bubbles are used for the figures' comments. A poster on the wall depicts German Expressionism. The style is like that of cartoons and graphic novels. The colors are bright and flat.
Date: 1995
Creator: Blackburn, Ed, 1940-2022

Excuse Me

Description: A male figure in the foreground looks at something on a woman's desk. She is seated and holds a telephone receiver. Behind her is a man looking closely at a painting on the wall. The woman states, "Excuse me, these are private papers." The painting on the wall consists of squares of different colors. The man in the foreground is painted in a dark pinkish red tone.
Date: 1998
Creator: Blackburn, Ed, 1940-2022

Straw and velvet hat

Description: Hat of white straw and black velvet. The hat is designed with a high cylindrical crown, flattened somewhat at top, and a wide hatband of black velvet with looped knot at back. The medium-width brim curves down and is edged with a wide band of black velvet. Unlined, with a white grosgrain ribbon inner headband. Size label sewn to inner hatband: "Medium"
Date: 1960/1969

Straw hat

Description: Picture hat of dark pink/red Milan straw with wide brim. Pillbox crown trimmed with white grosgrain ribbon covered in red and white polka dot organdy hatband which forms a bow on the right. Straw brim folds under and is lined in same polka dot organdy as hatband. Two hatpins with cloth covered heads in matching polka dot material. Headband of red grosgrain ribbon; unlined. Designer's label: "Sally Victor / 18 East 53rd St."
Date: 1960/1965
Creator: Victor, Sally

Fur felt hat

Description: Hat of mauve fur felt. Styled somewhat as a fedora, the cylindrical crown has a telescoped crown. Hatband of a wide band of golden satin ribbon and woven braid of gold, bronze, and silver. All tie at right with the braid ends becoming tassels. The wide brim curves up at front and left, down to right and back. Unlined; headband of pale peach. Combined designer/retailer's label: Original / Helen Smith / Marshall Field Annex - Chicago Manufacturer's stamp for felt body: Merrimac / Merrivale / Fur … more
Date: 1965/1975
Creator: Smith, Helen

Draped dress

Description: Coral pink. silk chiffon evening gown. Full-length evening gown constructed of gathered coral pink chiffon with contrasting gathered orange/pink panels center front and center back. Semi-fitted bodice with high rounded neckline. The neckline is accented with an orange/pink. silk chiffon. scarf panel detail. The scarf is sewn into the neckline from right center back to just short of the left shoulder line. The scarf is asymmetrically shaped and hangs to knee-level. It can be worn hanging loose o… more
Date: Autumn 1969
Creator: Sarmi, Ferdinando

Evening dress

Description: Evening dress of periwinkle blue Marii pleated polyester silk. Full length column style; wide rounded neckline. Attached 3" waistband of quilted matching polyester silk with silver piping closes with hook&eyes at left waist. Long sleeves are heavily beaded throughout with floral motif at shoulders and cuffs; scalloped hem and zipper closures. Left side and center back zipper closures; unlined; padded shoulders. Designer label: Mary McFadden / Couture B) Bow tie shaped trim of quilted periwinkl… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: McFadden, Mary, 1938-

Day dress

Description: Dress of red wool. Mid-calf length; jewel neck. Front and back have long armscye darts. Long sleeves with shorts zippers at wrists. Back has neckline darts. Center back zipper; lined.
Date: 1985
Creator: Hererra, Carolina

Day dress

Description: Dress of acrylic/wool blend jersey. Scoop neck; square shoulders; knee-length. Left side of dress and right shoulder are hot pink; the rest is black. Center back zipper closure. Label in back of collar: "CH Carolina Herrera"
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Herrera, Carolina

Evening dress

Description: Evening dress of royal blue silk with silk knit bodice and full length gathered bubble skirt with deep side slits. Long sleeves with pleated shoulders; princess seams. Rounded neckline. Skirt gathers at natural waist and is drawn at side slits. Center back zipper closure. Bodice is lined in royal blue silk; padded shoulders.
Date: 1990/1995
Creator: Herrera, Carolina

Floral dress

Description: Dress of floral print silk with blue, orange, yellow, pink, and green flowers on white background. Long sleeves; knee-length. High neck with square shape in front; armhole princess seam; scalloped waist seam. Skirt has four flutter-hemmed panels hanging over it. Center back zipper closure. Label in back of collar: "CH Carolina Herrera"
Date: 1985/1989
Creator: Herrera, Carolina

Floral dress

Description: Dress of red and metallic gray wool/silk blend brocade in floral (poppy?) motif. Street length. Sleeveless; sweetheart neckline. Princess seams. Pleats at natural waist. Center back zipper closure; lined in dark gray silk. Designer's label: "Carolina Herrera / New York"
Date: 2015/2018
Creator: Herrera, Carolina

Silk dress

Description: a) Dress of red silk with small white floral motif. Jewel neckline; fisheye darts in front and back; dropped waistline seam; skirt has vertical ruffles; 3/4 length; long sleeves. Center back zipper; white lining; shoulder pads. b) Belt of red satin ties into a bow.
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Herrera, Carolina
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Black Hair as Metaphor Explored through Duoethnography and Arts-Based Research

Description: This article presents a duoethnographic, critical arts-based research project, which began as a pre-recorded, on-demand presentation for the 2021 National Art Education Association Annual Convention. This is an edited, expanded print version of the authors' conference session examining hair as text and sites of identity/respectability politics, positionality, rites of passage, liminality, and selfhood.
Date: 2021
Creator: Brown, Kathy J. & Gilbert, Lynnette M.
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Artist interviews and revisionist art history: women of African descent, critical practice and methods of rewriting dominant narratives

Description: Article reflecting on over ten years of conducting and collecting interviews with and by women artists of African descent in a variety of formats (e.g. narrative arts writing, academic research and documentary film/video) to note the specific ways that artists’ interviews help to rewrite art-historical narratives.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Cross, Lauren E.
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