Name/Title
Summer dress with open work embroidered flowers, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
2010.15.31Description
ACC. NO. 10.15.31
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING APPAREL
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECT: DRESS
DESCRIPTION:
A ONE-PIECE SUMMER DRESS WITH A PATTERN OF EMBROIDERED FLOWERS. OPEN SPACES APPEAR BETWEEN FLOWER PETALS. OBVIOUSLY, A SLIP HAD TO BE WORN BENEATH THE DRESS. DRESS HAS A SIDE ATTACHMENT WITH SNAPS. BODICE IS TRIMMED IN RED PLASTIC BUTTONS. IT APPEARS TO BE A SIZE 14 AND WAS MOST LIKELY MANUFACTURED IN AMERICA.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A 1930's SUMMER GARMENT WORN BY ONE OF THE MEYERS' SISTERS.
DONOR: ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
CATALOGED: MARCH 13, 2010
