Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1994.057.15

Place of Origin:

Hebron NH

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Dress. Black and white printed silk with small, embroidered diamonds, black cotton lace trim with flower designs. Rounded neckline, high waist, narrow pleats on front and back of bodice, sleeves slight puff at shoulders. Closes in back with metal hooks and eyes. Lace trim around cuffs, waist, neckline and down back closure. Bodice lined with white cotton muslin, metal hooks and eyes for closure in back. Olive-green, polished cotton underskirt extends from high waist to mid-calf, pleated black and white printed silk extends to floor length, black hem tape. Overskirt extends from waist to mid-calf, trimmed with lace on bottom edge. Overskirt flares slightly and is wider than underskirt, silk part of underskirt flares at bottom edge. Machine and hand stitching.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton

Dimensions:

L-53 inches

Provenance:

All of the clothing in this accession (1994.57.1-.16) comes from the donor's family's farm in Hebron, NH. She believes that this material was worn by her grandmother and her grand aunts. Her grandmother was Elizabeth Graves Walker Keyes (1860-1943). The clothing came out of an attic with no light at the Hebron farm.

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva Geraghty

People:

Keyes, Elizabeth G. (1860-1943)