Pajamas
This pajama set is a luxury garment meant for lounging and is personalized with the monogram placed on the proper left breast pocket. From a known luxury retailer, A. Sulka & Company, these pajamas are an interpretation of menswear detailing which is visible in the tuxedo stripe on the pants and the use of a contrasting color.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pajamas
- Department Store: A. Sulka & Company (French, 1893–2002)
- Date: spring/summer 1953
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman and Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1972
- Object Number: 2009.300.498a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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