Pajamas

A. Sulka & Company

spring/summer 1953 · silk · Costume Institute

This pajama set is a luxury garment meant for lounging and is personalized with the monogram placed on the proper left breast pocket. From a known luxury retailer, A. Sulka & Company, these pajamas are an interpretation of menswear detailing which is visible in the tuxedo stripe on the pants and the use of a contrasting color.

Artist

A. Sulka & Company

Date

spring/summer 1953

Medium

silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman and Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1972