Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1973.034.14
- Date:
- circa 1922
- Description:
- Dress - cotton off-white organdy with blousy bodice with waist-line at waist; a sash-like belt at waistline with half bows at each side with a crewel on veiling (orange, brown and green) roses attached at the base of each of these 1/2 bows. There is an inner bodice of soft veiling which is attached at the waist; the sleeves are short and made of the same piece as the bodice; no collar and buttons run from the neckline down the shoulder and sleeve; the under and longest (to the ankle) skirt is a wide hobble-type with an over skirt most of the way down it; dress fastens in the back with snaps; there is a gold-leafing embroidery down the front of the entire dress.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Worn by donor in Junior High School (1922) prize speaking contest (declaration contest).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs.Robert H. Lewis
- People:
- Lewis, Robert
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