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Shirt: Jokapoika (everyboy)


Fabric pattern: "Piccolo"
Designed by: Vuokko Nurmesniemi (Finnish, born in 1930)
For: Marimekko (Finnish, founded 1951)
Finnish
about 1958 (designed 1956)
Object Place: Finland

Medium/Technique Screen-printed cotton plain weave, metal buttons
Dimensions Center back (including collar): 61 cm (24 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert T. and Margaret M. Eskridge to honor and preserve the international significance of Finnish contemporary arts and design, which flourished between 1950 and 1980
Accession Number2007.512
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionMan's / unisex shirt with wing collar, button front with steel buttons, cuffs with mitered corners, fabric printed with overlapping stripes of pink and mustard yellow. Hem has been shortened, and side seams taken in. Labelled: "marimekko / suomi - finland" and "38"
ProvenancePurchased in Finland by Margaret M. Eskridge, spring or summer of 1958; Gift to the MFA, June 27, 2007