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late 19th century · wool, leather, metal · Costume Institute

Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970) was a burlesque performer and author of the 1957 memoir which became the highly successful stage musical and movie "Gypsy". The Brooklyn Museum collection contains several garments worn by her son, Erik Lee Preminger. In her European travels Lee collected examples of regional dress for him to wear for promotional purposes when they returned to the U.S.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 19th century

Medium

wool, leather, metal

Culture

Scottish

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Y.M.C.A., 1946