Women’s Pink Taffeta Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Women’s Pink Taffeta Dress

Description

A single-shade pink taffeta gown with a ruffled scoop-neck collar and no sleeves. The long skirt includes four panels of rouched ruffles (two in front, two in back). A belted waist with a bow tied in the back separates the bodice and skirt. A side zipper extends from the bodice to the waist.

Use

by Louise Brandenburger James, during the 1969 May Festival.

Category

SHS May Festival
Shelby County Schools, Education

Acquisition

Accession

2024.003

Source or Donor

Louise Brandenburger James

Acquisition Method

Donation

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Gown, Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Taffeta

Color

Pink

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Ellave Miles

Role

Seamstress

Date made

1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

This dress was fashioned after the pattern of Natalie Breedlove Brandenburger's May Court dress. She was the mother of donor, Louise Brandenburger James. The seamstress of her original dress is not known.

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Louise Brandenburger James

Person or Organization

Ellave Miles

Create Date

February 29, 2024

Update Date

June 5, 2024