Dress

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 4397 a-b

Description

Dress. Woman's dress; two-piece; white taffeta with watered floral pattern. Worn by the donor's mother, Mrs. Monroe Reist. Circa 1898. CW 4397 a Bodice CW 4397 b Skirt Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1898

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes

Creation Date: Circa 1898

Material

Silk taffeta

Provenance

Notes

Owner: 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)