A: Dress of white organdy with a fitted bodice and short puffed sleeves gathered into a 1/4" band; high round neck, 6 small white buttons and handmade buttonholes in back; full gathered skirt 27" long including a 4 1/4" ruffle; 3 1/2" sash sewn in each side seam and tied in bow in back. B: pastel ribbon bows and streamers on left shoulder; 4 groups of pastel ribbon bows on hem ruffle. C: slip of white Indianhead with a fitted bodice, string straps, and full skirt. D: pair of 8" organdy mitts.
Use
by Mary Margaret Davies Kellam, age 5, at the June 1950 wedding of Darlene McIntyre and Kenneth Wertz at Flat Rock Christian Church.
Collection
Mary Margaret Davies Kellam
Acquisition
Accession
1989.036
Source or Donor
Mary Margaret Davies Kellam
Acquisition Method
Donation
Clothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
Dress, Mitts
Clothing Sex
Female
Size
Child's size
Textile Details
Material
Organdy
Color
White
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Blanche Diewert
Role
Seamstress
Date made
1950
Time Period
20th Century
Place
County
Shelby County
State/Province
Indiana
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Notes
The material was purchased at Goodman's Department Store in Shelbyville, IN.
