Woman's Evening Gown

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Evening Gown

Entry/Object ID

CW 279

Description

Gown, Evening. Woman's Evening Dress. Peacock green crepe; embroidered with gold and colors; sheath type with accordion pleated underskirt; large size. No date or condition statement given. Sourced by Mrs. Woodruff, Radcliffe St., Bristol, Pennsylvania. September 1958.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk crepe

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)