Bathrobe
- Object Name:
- Bathrobe
- Object ID:
- 1993.017.01
- Date:
- 1890-1920
- Description:
- Robe, man's. Vaudeville Costume, Will Cressy and Blanche Dayne. Wool robe with wide cut sleeves, cream color, with 3" brown velvet trim along entire opening and sleeve edge. Lined with cream silk. Flannel batting present throughout. 30 matching brown velvet buttons along each back arm seam. Small tears reveal binding tape with word "GOETZ" in repeating embroidery. Two hatpins present on inside right collar. Front clasp consists of one large brown velvet button, and brown velvet cord loop closure. Large adult size.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Velvet
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Vaudeville costume found in trunk that belonged to Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne, a well known turn-of-century vaudeville team. Cressy was born in Bradford, NH, and raised in Concord, NH. Cressy was also known as a playwright and a writer of humorous histories. Cressy and Dayne went to France during WWI to entertain American troops. Their permanent residence was Concord, NH; summer home, "Cressy Point," Sunapee Lake, Newbury, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Cressy Goodwin
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