Women’s Black Taffeta Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Women’s Black Taffeta Dress

Description

Evening dress, black, floor-length, net yoke with dot design, small turn-over collar of same net. Wrist-length, net, set-in sleeves and small hem at cuff; open down the back; three snaps on the placket; hook and eye at waist; twenty-one black self- covered buttons and ten snaps under the buttons; skirt made with a triangular gusset in front, seam front and back; tapered, 32" long sash in two pieces gathered and fastened to sides of front gusset; 1.5" hem.

Use

by Rosamond Neu Cotton

Collection

Alberta Boring, Rosamond Cotton Estate

Acquisition

Accession

1986.024

Source or Donor

Alberta Cotton Boring

Acquisition Method

Donation

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Taffeta

Material

Netting

Color

Black

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1950

Time Period

20th Century

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 9, 2002

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rosamond Neu Cotton

Create Date

January 9, 2002

Update Date

June 14, 2024