Name/Title
DressEntry/Object ID
CW 4550 a-bDescription
Dress. Woman's two-piece dress; red-purple; ribbed silk and brocade trousseau dress; fitted jacket with brocade panel in front; 15 fancy buttons; long fitted sleeves; small stand-up collar; skirt front 3 tiers of brocade of efri (ivory?); layers are flat across front with several deep finished inverted V's cut into them; from point of each V, two tassels hang; back of skirt has large bustle. Belonged to maternal grandmother of Louada Delphina Jefferies; "her going-away dress given to her at time of her wedding." Circa 1884.
CW 4550 a Bodice/Jacket
CW 4550 b Skirt
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Artist
Made by a seamstress in Coatesville PennsylvaniaPlace
* Untyped Place
Coatsville, PennsylvaniaRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Stephenson, Louada Delphina Jeffries (1860-1947)Related Places
Place
* Untyped Place
February 14, 1884Notes
Place FoundProvenance
Notes
Owner: Louada Delphina Jeffries (1860-1947)
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.