Woman's Evening Dress

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Evening Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 251

Description

Woman's Evening Dress. Brown point de espirit (mesh or net fabric) evening dress; brocade top; three ruffles edged with narrow velvet ribbon. Excellent Condition. Circa 1910-1920.. Size 12. Owned by the Headley family, Fallsington, PA September 1958

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1910 - 1920

Place

* Untyped Place

Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Length

79 in

Circumference

34 in

Dimension Notes

26 waist

Material

Brocade; velvet ribbon;

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)