Dress

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1989.29.3

Description

Grey cotton dress with long sleeves and a slightly dropped waist and floor-length hem. The dress secures at the center front with hooks and eyes beneath four velvet-covered buttons. The waistline, Peter Pan collar, and sleeve cuffs are trimmed in black velvet, and there is a velvet bow at the center front of the waistband. The bodice has three outward-facing tucks and both the bodice and skirt gather into the waistband. The dress has an inner bodice, attached to the outer fabric at the back but not the front, that secures in the center front with seven white glass buttons.

Context

Worn by Lizzie May Emery Parker Clark of Calais, Vermont. Clark worked as a dressmaker, and likely made this dress. She lived to be 106, though she was in her fifties when she wore this dress.

Acquisition

Accession

1989.29

Source or Donor

Leonard, Erlene (1933-2017)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1918 - 1925

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

58 in

Material

Cotton, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Clark, Lizzie May Emery Parker (1866-1973)

Related Places

Place

Town

Calais

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America