Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1989.023.02.1-2
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Date:
- 1890-1895
- Description:
- Dress. Purple wool velvet dress with lavender silk brocade. Separate bodice, skirt, petticoat, and one separate lace cuff.
1. Purple velvet fitted bodice, with 3/4 length puff sleeves, high collar and built in blouse, silk taffeta lining. Blouse is lavender silk brocade with white silk border, embroidered taffeta trim. 21 hook and eye closures, 17 bodice ribs.
2. Floor-length velvet trailed skirt with lavender silk insets in front and back. Purple ruffle and purple satin lining, hook and eye closure, crinoline hem and over bustle.
3. Cream color satin pleated petticoat. One pocket on right seam. Ruffled bottom. Torn. See separate record.
4. Lace sleeve cuff. See separate record. - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Velvet
Silk
Satin - Provenance:
- Catherine C. Sawyer (Mrs. Charles H. Sawyer, II) was given two dresses by Miss Elizabeth (Aunt Betsey) Sawyer. Miss Elizabeth Sawyer was the only daughter of Gov. Charles and Susan Sawyer. The dresses were made for and worn by Mrs. Susan Ellen Cowan Sawyer. Dresses attributed to Charles Frederick Worth, the foremost Paris dressmaker from 1860 to 1895.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sawyer II
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