Woman's Evening Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Evening Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 609

Description

Dress. Woman's white taffeta evening dress; lace; off-shoulder "Bertha" effect; lace ruffles over shoulder and on sleeves; full lace ruffle and train at bottom of skirt; pleated blue satin belt. Lace ruffle on sleeves; blue chiffon flowers and embroidered green leaves in ovals in double row down front of waist and skirt. Worn by Miss Ruth Lawrence. Fair Condition. Circa 1908. Transcribed from Original Accession Record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Ruth Lawrence is a descendant of Commodore James Lawrence of "Don't give up the ship" fame. She christened the torpedo boat destroyer, Lawrence, named for her ancestor, November 7, 1900, in Weymouth Massachusetts.