Ensemble - Day Dress and Jacket

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Ensemble of multi-color abstract/impressionistic foliage in green, orange, blue, lavender, and gold, consisting of: a) Day dress in sheath style, sleeveless, with a wide, rounded neckline. Center back zipper, and fully lined in royal blue acetate. Maker's tag towards bottom of zipper: "Order No. 2666 / Style 984 / Size 6 / Remarks" b) Jacket. Reaching slightly below waist-length, the jacket has a wide rounded neckline and elbow length sleeves. The center front opening secures with 3 black crocheted buttons and bound buttonholes, supplemented with a large covered snap at neckline. Lined in navy acetate. Designer's label under right armhole: … continued below

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Tiffeau, Jacques 1962.

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  • Tiffeau, Jacques Tiffeau, Jacques (b. Chenevelles, France, 1927 - d. Paris, France, 1988)

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  • Tiffeau & Busch Ltd. Tiffeau & Busch Ltd. (New York, USA) est. 1958 by Jacques Tiffeau and Beverly Pruzan Busch. Firm closed in 1971.

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Ensemble of multi-color abstract/impressionistic foliage in green, orange, blue, lavender, and gold, consisting of:

a) Day dress in sheath style, sleeveless, with a wide, rounded neckline. Center back zipper, and fully lined in royal blue acetate.

Maker's tag towards bottom of zipper: "Order No. 2666 / Style 984 / Size 6 / Remarks"

b) Jacket. Reaching slightly below waist-length, the jacket has a wide rounded neckline and elbow length sleeves. The center front opening secures with 3 black crocheted buttons and bound buttonholes, supplemented with a large covered snap at neckline. Lined in navy acetate.

Designer's label under right armhole: "Tiffeau & Busch Ltd. / New York"

The ensemble’s fabric is a blend of 95% cotton and 5% rayon in a linen weave.

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This object was part of the Dallas Museum of Fashion collection. Founded in 1960 by the Fashion Group, Inc. of Dallas, the collection comprised important items of historic and current fashion. It was housed in the Apparel Mart, Dallas, and operated as the Dallas Museum of Fashion from 1960 until 1971. It moved to what was then North Texas State University in 1972, and became the Texas Fashion Collection.

This garment was part of the line that won Tiffeau the 1962 Cotton Award, and was a gift to the Dallas Museum of Fashion from the designer.

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Tiffeau, Jacques. Ensemble - Day Dress and Jacket, physical object, 1962; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501303/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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