Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1994.046.015 |
Object Name |
Dress |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Woman's black dress with ecru-coloured collar and cuffs. There are six very narrow, vertically-running pleats, then a column of self-covered buttons, pleats, buttons and pleats down front. There is a long black tie that can be tied in a bow at the neckline under the collar and two rosettes on either hip. 1930s or 1940s. |
Provenance |
Maker unknown. An early 20th-century item. The last owner, Bessie Newman, told museum staff that it had belonged to someone in the Witherspoon family (her husband's maternal relations). The Witherspoons had a farm at Jackson, Grey County (west of Owen Sound). Jessie, Anne, Lillian, Maud, Walter, Dave, Jim and Peter were members of the family. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Crepe?/Thread/Metal |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Witherspoon, Lillian J. Newman, Bessie |