HAND-PAINTED SQUARE DANCE SKIRT
Creator(s): Creaciones Eslava (Maker)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Closets
About this object
Black hand-painted cotton skirt with six sets of fighting roosters. Primary colors are metallic purple, blue, green, and copper; outlined in gold. Gold painted and embellished with gold sequins. It closes by an interior belt that hooks center front; the center front waistband wraps around the waist and ties at center back. Side pockets sit in an interior placket.
- Object name:
- HAND-PAINTED SQUARE DANCE SKIRT
- Date made:
- ca. 1950
- Size:
- Waist: 29 in.; Hem circumference: 188 in.; Length from waist to hem front: 25 1/2 in.; Length from waist to hem back: 26 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2013.5.9
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973