Woman's Dress

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 272 a

Description

Dress. Woman's brown, blue, and gray silk dress. Basque top trimmed with brown velvet, cut steel buttons; high neck; skirt curtain-draped in front; puffed bustle; deep brown velvet band at bottom. Worn by Mrs. Ashton S. Tourison, Sr. Excellent condition. Circa 1880. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk; velvet; cut steel buttons

Provenance

Notes

Ashton S. Tourison, father-in-law of the donor was a prominent architect and developer of Sedgwick Farms and other projects in Mt. Airy. He was also developer of the Germantown Cricket Club. Ashton S. Tourison Jr. (1878-1969), husband of the donor, followed his father into the Ashton Tourison Construction business. (Source: Bryn Mawr College Library: http://www.brynmawr.edu/cities/courses/97-360/proj/bcproj/archi.htm)