Woman's Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 250

Description

Woman's Dress. Mourning Dress. Black lawn; lace insertion; deep tucks in skirt; three-quarter sleeves. Size 12. Excellent condition. Circa 1919. Owned by the Headley family, Fallsington, PA September 1958

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1912 - circa 1917

Place

* Untyped Place

Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Waist: 23-1/2 in Bust: 30 in Shoulders: 17 in Length: 51 in

Provenance

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)