Holder, Skirt

Object Name:

Holder, Skirt

Object ID:

1992.047.11

Place of Origin:

Chicago, IL

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Garment holder, from millinery shop of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), Manchester, NH. Steel. Heavy base, painted black. Embossed nameplate on base plate: "BUCKINGHAM / GARMENT HOLDER / CHICAGO / PATENTED MAR.19.'07". Ten black spring steel bands (five long, five short) radiating from base. Separate printed label with instructions and an illustration for hanging a skirt, and "BUCKINGHAM-RAE CO., 177-179 Adams St., CHICAGO".

Material:

Metal
Steel

Dimensions:

H-2.75 W-9.5 L-12 inches

Provenance:

Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante

People:

Codaire, Richard (1863-1930)

Subjects:

Millinery, Millinery stores