Dress

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 4555

Description

Dress. Women's dress; black crepe with pink embroridered flowers; mid-calf length with scalloped hem; trimmed with black fringe at neck; sleeves attached "show" in back; fringe and embroidery. Probably worn by the donor's mother, Edith Stephenson Whiting (1894-1951). Circa late 1920s. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Waist: 32-1/2 in Bust: 34 in Shoulders: 15-1/4 in Length: 46 in

Material

Crepe

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Whiting, Edith Stephenson (1894-1951)

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Edith Stephenson Whiting (1894-1951) Given with a number of items (CW 4550-CW 4555) that decended to the donor from her mother, Edith Stephenson (1894-1977) who married Frank Rice Whiting (1892-1951). The couple resided at 16 West School House Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia. (Source: Philadelphia Social Register 1920). The gift is also associated with Edith Stephenson's parents, Louada Delphina Jeffries (1860-1947) who married Arthur Herbert Stephenson (1860- ). Mrs. Arthur Herbert Stephenson also lived at 16 West School House Lane in 1920. Accession notes that additional documentation is available at GHS.