Dickey

Name/Title

Dickey

Entry/Object ID

1992.023.004

Description

Cream colored silk dickey with high neck (2 inches) that snaps in the back. The front is 16 3/4 inches long and has scalloped edges. The cloth is decorated with raised rectangles and narrow 1 inch long open work bars or slits. The neck has 4 small pearl buttons in front. SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE: This dickey was worn in the fashion show at a Historical Society program in the sumer of 1992. PERSONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Probably worn by her great-grandmother Clayton who spent many summers at Hewes Point.