Traveling Suit 48.11.1-3 Temporary Exhibition: "Wedding Belles: Bridal Fashions from the Marjorie Merriweather Post Family, 1874-1958"
COSTUME, POST FAMILY Suit (Main Garments) B. Altman and Company USA: New York, NY 1905 Wool, velvet, lace H. 15 in. (shoulder to waist front) (blouse); H. 14 in. (shoulder to waist back) (blouse); Dia. 23 1/2 in. (waist circumference) (blouse); H. 40 in. (waist to hem front) (skirt); H. 41 1/2 in. (waist to hem back) (skirt); Dia. 145 in. (hem circumference) (skirt)
Marjorie Merriweather Post wore this dark red three-piece traveling suit to Hot Springs, Virginia, for her honeymoon in 1905.