Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1977.047.026 |
Object Name |
Gown, Dressing |
Title |
Woman's Dressing Gown |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Lady's full-length white cotton dressing gown with long sleeves, and is decorated with ruching and eyelet-lace trim. This garment is long and loose-fitting. The front of the dressing gown is open, with about a dozen buttons that run from the throat to the hem. The small, stand-up collar is trimmed with a thin length of lace that follows the outer edge of the front opening to the hem, and is fitted the the wearer's neck and is closed with a button. The front of the garment is decorated with two ruched panels on either side of the button-down opening, each seperated by a length of eyelet-lace. This decoration extends from the neck and shoulders down to the hem. The sleeves are full and are gathered into a thick cuff at the wrist that is decorated in the same lace and ruching method as the front of the garment. Each cuff has a small button closure. |
Provenance |
Maker unknown. Likely used by a woman of the Bishop or MacKay family of Owen Sound, Grey County. Last owned by Fred MacKay Jr. of Owen Sound, who was a descendant from the MacKay family, the Hiram Kilbourn family, the Ebenzeer Bishop family and the William Avery Bishop Sr. family. His mother was Louise MacKay (nee Bishop). |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Cotton/Thread |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
MacKay, Louise MacKay, Fred (Jr.) Bishop (Senior), William Avery Bishop, Margaret Louisa |
Subjects |
Dressing & grooming equipment |
Search Terms |
Mulholland Street |