Dress

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 4396

Description

Dress. Woman's dress; blue-green silk; satin trim with blue and green embroidery; white lace and black ribbon at neck and cuffs; skirt back blends into overskirt look; front has many self-covered buttons. Worn by the donor's mother, Mrs. Monroe Reist. Circa 1914. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1914

Notes

Creation Date: 1914

Material

Silk; satin; lace

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Worn by Mrs. Monroe Reist Donor's Obituary: REIST MARIE-LEAH, age 99, of Rydal Park on Oct. 17, 2009. Daughter of the late Monroe and Mary Reist. Survived by her longtime friends Carolyn and Robert McGrory of Flourtown, PA. Friends are invited to Funeral Service Wed. 10A.M. at the Old Zion Lutheran Church, 628 N. Broad St. (at Mt. Vernon St.) Phila., Pa. 19130. Interment West Laurel Hill Cem. In lieu of flowers memorials in her name may be sent to the above church. (Source: Philly.com, Oct. 20, 2009)