Form, Dress

dress form 2013.008.0002

dress form 2013.008.0002

Name/Title

Form, Dress

Entry/Object ID

2013.008.0002

Description

Adjustable dress form on rolling stand. From Anne Owsley with her mother's c 1910 wedding gown (2013.008.0001). "Wasp-waist" and tall neck for fashions of the Gibson Girl era. Made by the Hall-Borghert Company of Chicago-New York-Toronto, size 2. Pieces for the upper torso down through the hips are molded and covered with fabric(felted) , adjustable by interior screws on metal slides, the lower body constructed of metal strips also adjustable, and the whole mounted on a central stem adjustable for height.