Scaasi: An American Icon

Orange evening dress
Arnold Scaasi, spring 1993
Silk crepe off-the-shoulder dress composed of horizontal criss-crossed bands
at the bodice and vertically pleated long skirt.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, KSUM 1997.10.46

Apple green taffeta dinner coat
Arnold Scaasi, spring 1958
Wide neck yoke with short flared sleeves and full pleated body ending below the knees.
Lined in printed silk dupioni with white, green, lilac and pink flowers.
Worn with an elbow-length puffed sleeved, square neckline and short flared skirt
dinner dress of the same fabric as the coat's lining.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi
KSUM 1997.10.21a (coat) and KSUM 1997.10.21b (dress)

Orange & violets organza evening dress
Arnold Scaasi, spring 1990
Printed silk organza belt and sleeveless dress with spaghetti straps, pleated bodice in front and side back, and three-tiered ruffled skirt. Nylon "horsehair" braid at ruffles' edges.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, KSUM 1997.10.26ab

Emerald green draped evening dress
Arnold Scaasi, fall 1988
Off-the-shoulder silk taffeta dress with vertically draped sections at shoulders,
hips and hem and horizontally draped sections in between.
On loan from The Ohio State University Historic Costume and Textiles Collection
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, OSU 1997.17.16

Portraits of Colonel John Tyne
and his wife, Jane Halswell
England, dated 1648 and inscribed with the
ages of the colonel, 30, and his wife, 18.
Oil on canvas
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.718ab

Pair of Figurines: a Boxer and his Trainer
China, Qing Dynasty, mid-19th century
Glazed pottery
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.153ab

Ornament and Stand
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Jade, wood
Carved with symbols of family status and dragons
pursuing the sacred pearl.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.208ab

Louis XVI Style Cabinet
France, 1850s-60s
Mahogany, marble, gilt bronze
This piece is made in the style of Jean-Henri Riesener, official cabinetmaker to the
King of France from 1774 to 1784.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.240