Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1949.022.01 a
- Date:
- circa 1893
- Description:
- Fragments from woman's silk dress, consisting of two partial sleeves and five scraps of shot red/beige faille, six scraps of similar faille with satin plaiding in dark brown, coral, and pale aqua, and two cuffs of pleated cream organdy trimmed with narrow black velvet ribbon and fastening with brass hooks and eyes. The faille sleeves are in an 1880s style (narrow and three-quarter length as determined by the length from the elbow to the wrist opening) and suggest that if these scraps were taken from an 1893 dress, then it was altered to update the fashion. The plaid scraps are irregularly shaped, but also bear old stitching lines, indicating that they were refashioned.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-5 L-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Gown worn at Dartmouth College in 1893 by Mrs. John K. Lord (Emma Fuller Pomeroy, 1848-1931) and given by her children. John K. Lord was a professor at Dartmouth and acting President before the election of President Tucker.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Children of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Lord
- People:
- Pomeroy, Emma (1848-1930), Lord, Emma, Leavy
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