Name/Title
Two-piece dress of green silk trimmed with darker green, c. 1890sEntry/Object ID
1986.51.148Description
ACC. NO. 86.51.148
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1890's
OBJECT: DRESS
DESCRIPTION:
TWO-PIECE DRESS OF NILE GREEN-COLORED SILK, TRIMMED IN DARKER GREEN VELVET. BLOUSE HAS BUILT-IN STAYS. PSEUDO BERTHA-STYLE COLLAR IS IN ECRU-COLORED MACHINE LACE. THE NECK OPENING IS TRIMMED WITH DARK GREEN-COLORED VELVET, WITH BOWS. SKIRT HAS FRONT INDIVIDUAL PANELS OF DARK GREEN-COLORED VELVET REPEATED AT BACK OF GARMENT IN A LARGER PANEL.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
GOWN WORN BY ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE CHIPMAN. ELIZABETH WAS THE MOTHER OF THE LATE CAROL HECHE. THE GARMENT IS IN THE STATE OF DECOMPOSITION AND CAN BE USED MORE FOR STUDY RATHER THAN FOR EXHIBITION.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ROSCOE & D'ARCY. HAMILTON
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 28, 1998
