Slip

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Slip

Entry/Object ID

2011.54.1

Description

A long white silk slip, with a white linen section at the top with thin linen straps attached to the slip. There is sheer netting trim along the hem, that is embroidered with a repeating floral pattern. The slip opens in the upper back, but does not have any mechanism for closing.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Slip

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Linen

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1918

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Slip, Full

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Slip

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Underwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

30B

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

20

Dimensions

Length

45-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Measurements taken while lying flat, and do not include the straps.

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ruby Hughes née Flint

Notes

Likely owner of the slip, who wore it to a ball celebrating the Treaty of Versailles

Related Events

Event

Treaty of Versailles

Related Entries

Notes

Goes with 2011.54.2

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Jeanne Partridge

Owner/Agent

Vonda Jean Gamble née Stough

Acquisition Method

Gift

Exhibition

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 2