Name/Title
High waisted white organdy party dress of Margaret Smith, 1930sEntry/Object ID
1998.182.2Description
ACC. NO.98.182.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: 1930's
OBJECT: DRESS
DESCRIPTION:
HIGH-WAISTED PARTY DRESS OF WHITE-COLORED ORGANDY, WITH MACHINE EMBROIDERY OF LAVENDER-, PINK-, BLUE-, AND GREEN-COLORED FLOWERS. NECKLINE HAS AN ATTACHED BERTHA-STYLE COLLAR, ALSO EMBROIDERED WITH A GATHERED RUFFLE. THERE IS A LARGER RUFFLE REPEATED AT THE HEM OF THE SKIRT. THE DRESS IS WORN OVER A WHITE-COLORED RAYON FULL-LENGTH SLIP. THERE IS A SEPARATE BELT FABRICATED FROM TWO SEPARATE GROSGRAIN RIBBONS OF BLUE- AND WHITE COLORS AND SECURED BY A METAL SNAP.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A DRESS POSSIBLY WORN BY MARGARET, WIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH, LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA.
DONOR:
TOM GREENE
CATALOGED: APRIL 4, 1998
