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Woman's dress

Designed by: Vuokko Nurmesniemi (Finnish, born in 1930)
Designed for: Vuokko (Finnish)
Finnish
about 1972
Object Place: Finland
Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave, discharge printed; metal zipper
Dimensions Center back: 130 cm (51 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by the Textile and Costume Society, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Accession Number2009.2844
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's floor length dress, widely flaring from front and back shoulder yokes, back zipper. Red ground with widely spaced white diagonal stripes (discharge printed). Labels at back neck: "Vuokko/Suomi-Finland," "100% cotton," care instructions, and remains of a dry cleaning tag.
ProvenanceSeptember 2008, purchased via internet auction by Susan Ward, Lexington, MA; purchased from Ward by the MFA (Accession date: June 17, 2009)