Women’s Purple Satin Dress + Corsage

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Women’s Purple Satin Dress + Corsage

Description

(A) Purple satin dress with yoke sleeves and skirt insets of velvet latice on chiffon. (B) Corsage is made of two shades of blue velvet.

Use

by Rachel Copple Phares (1886-1973) in the late 1920s.

Collection

Carl O. Phares

Acquisition

Accession

1980.027

Source or Donor

Carl Omer Phares

Acquisition Method

Donation

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Satin, Velvet

Color

Purple

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Rachel Copple Phares

Role

Seamstress

Date made

circa 1927 - circa 1928

Time Period

20th Century

Place

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 17, 2000

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rachel Copple Phares

Create Date

April 17, 2000

Update Date

June 13, 2024