Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 168

Description

Dinner dress of prune velvet. Color fashionable at time. Straight skirt, waist of chiffon, covered with a gold embroidered net, surplus and very long waistline, no shape. Sleeves are ¾ length, chiffon, with gold cuff.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1915 - circa 1920

Time Period

20th Century

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Mrs. Thomas Janney (Eleanor Craig), through her daughters, April 1955.