Lady's Bed Jacket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Lady's Bed Jacket

Entry/Object ID

CW 611

Description

Bed Jacket. Lady's pink silk poplin bed jacket; pink satin and lace trimmed; black French knots; pink flowered ribbon; long sleeves; tight lace cuff. Good condition. Circa 1900. Ruth Lawrence is a descendant of Commodore James Lawrence of "Don't give up the ship" fame. Transcribed from Original Accession Record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Ruth Lawrence is a descendant of Commodore James Lawrence of "Don't give up the ship" fame. She christened the torpedo boat destroyer, Lawrence, named for her ancestor, November 7, 1900, in Weymouth Massachusetts.