Woman's Dress

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 4370 a-c

Description

Dress ensemble. Woman's dress of silver metallic knit on light brown, grey chiffon. Long, clingy dress with train in back; long sleeves; lowered with double straps on shoulders. Brown grey taffeta slip. No condition given. Circa 1900. CW 4370 a Dress CW 4370 b Slip CW 4370 c Sash . Dress was worn by Mrs. Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916), Hopkinton, New Hampshire, a great aunt of the donor. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1930 - 1939

Place

* Untyped Place

New Hampshire

Notes

Creation Date: Circa 1930

Material

Metalic knit; chiffon; taffeta

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hamer, Miss Adell M.; Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916) and Willis E. Morgan

Provenance

Notes

Dress was worn by Mrs. Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916), Hopkinton, New Hampshire, a great aunt of the donor. Donor was the niece of Mrs. Morgan's son, Willis E. Morgan, 1955 Bridge Street, Philadelphia Pennsylvania (died 1950).