Name/Title
DressEntry/Object ID
2018.8.1Description
Dress made by Sarah Jane Foust Jones, floral cotton print with dark background/tiny line-diamond shapes in white/scattered orange dots and orange and yellow five-petal flowers in twos and threes, Peter Pan collar, placket front with six mother-of-pearl buttons (hand-sewn holes) sewn to waistband and extends into skirt without buttons, long sleeves, rough hand-sewn slash pocket on proper right side 2 1/2" below waistband, bodice and skirt pleated onto waistband, faced back hem, machine stitched, 47"h x 36"w at hem, 17"w at shoulders, probably 1920s*.
* Sarah Jane died in 1934. However, quilt historian/textile adviser Merikay Waldvogel doesn't think the fabric stands out as 1930s, probably 1920s. More conservative with a black background.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Jones, Sarah Jane FoustDate made
1925 - 1934Notes
Date: 1920s c.