Name/Title
Full-length Rayon Crepe dress in black and orange, c. 1940sEntry/Object ID
2010.53.1Description
ACC. NO. 10.53.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1940's
OBJECT: DRESS (FEMALE GARMENT)
DESCRIPTION:
A ONE-PIECE FULL-LENGTH DRESS OF RAYON CREPE, CONSISTING OF THE UPPER SECTION IN BLACK TO THE WAISTLINE, THEN AN ORIGINAL BAND OF GATHERED HORIZONTAL PANELS OF CHARTREUSE- AND ORANGE-COLORED CREPE, ENDING IN A HEM OF MATCHING BLACK-COLORED CREPE. DECORATIVE DETAIL CONSISTS OF BLACK-, ORANGE-, AND CHARTREUSE COLORED CREPE. COVERED BALLS AT THE NECKLINE CREATE A DECORATIVE TOUCH. FULL-LENGTH SLEEVES THAT HAVE SNAPS AT THE OPENINGS. NO DRESS LABEL. SIDE ZIPPER.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
DRESS WAS WORN BY DOROTHY F CLAZIE, BORN APRIL 12, 1914; DIED MAY 29, 2010 AT THE AGE OF 96. SHE HAD LIVED AT 2824 FERNSIDE BLVD, ALAMEDA, FOR 50 YEARS. HER HUSBAND, GEORGE C CLAZIE, OWNED THE ENCINAL HARDWARE DURING THE 1950'S AND 1960'S, AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA LIONS CLUB AT ONE TIME.
DONOR:
RON CLAZIE
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 5, 2010
