The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Evening blouse

Department Store:: Bonwit Teller & Co. (American, founded 1907)
Date:: 1940–45
Culture:: French
Medium:: rayon, plastic, glass
Dimensions:: Length at CB (a): 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm) Length (b): 36 1/4 in. (92.1 cm) Overall (c): 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (34.3 x 21.6 cm) [(d) no dimensions available] [(e) no dimensions available]
Credit Line:: Gift of Julia B. Henry, 1978
Accession Number:: 1978.288.23a–f

This artwork is not on display

Description

Wartime rationing was an indexical and para-monetary system applied to products. Schiaparelli represented the language and practice of rationed items - number of coupons required for each apparel article - on this blouse and handbag.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: [label] (on dress shields) "Bonwit Teller Salon de Couture"
See also
Who
Elsa Schiaparelli (321)

Bonwit Teller & Co. (77)
What
Costume (41,681)

Glass (16,037)

Plastic (2,277)

Rayon (562)

Blouses (406)
Where
Europe (148,590)

France (52,276)
When
A.D. 1900-present (77,517)
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