Name/Title
Ecru lace dress with green satin sash of Kathleen Haslett Edwards, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
2006.70.1Description
ACC. NO. 06.70.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920'S
OBJECT: DRESS
DESCRIPTION:
A LADY'S DRESS, WITH ECRU-COLORED MACHINE LACE ATTACHED TO A GAUZE BACKGROUND. LOWER WAISTLINE HAS AN ATTACHED IRIDESCENT GREEN SATIN SASH TIED WITH A BOW. THERE IS AN INNER SLIP OF ECRU-COLORED SATIN WITH STRAPS.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
DRESS WORN BY THE LATE KATHLEEN HASLETT EDWARDS, DAUGHTER OF OLIVER AND GISELLA HASLETT. THERE ARE SEVERAL PHOTOS OF MRS EDWARDS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF THE ALAMEDA MUSEUM. SHE DONATED HER FATHER'S HIGH-WHEELED BICYCLE "NOW ON DISPLAY" IN THE 1950'S. SHE WAS BORN IN 1905.
DONOR: BONNIE BOLLER
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2006
