Name/Title
Woman's DressEntry/Object ID
CW 254Description
Woman's Evening Dress. Black tulle evening dress; Tiered skirt; brocade velvet flowered top. Good condition. Size 12. Circa 1910-1920.
Owned by the Headley family, Fallsington, PA. September 1958
Sourced by Mrs. Woodruff, Bristol, PA
Headley family, Fallsington, PACollection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Date made
1910 - 1920Place
* Untyped Place
Fallsington, Bucks, PennsylvaniaProvenance
Notes
Dress came from the Headley family of Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
"The Headley family was a prominent and socially-active family from
Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Headley family papers,
circa 1788- 1981, document several generations of the Headley family
and related family members, particularly the family of Charles Moon
Headley (b. 1865) and Elizabeth Schurz Headley (b. 1871), including their
daughters Alice Headley Woodruff (1894-1989) and Eleanor Christina
Headley (b. 1897). "
(Source: University of Pennsylvania Library: http://dla.library.upenn.edu/cocoon/dla/pacscl/ead.pdf?id=PACSCL_HSP_HF01)