Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1994.046.002 |
Object Name |
Dress |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
c. 1930 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Woman's sleeveless navy blue flower-printed dress, 1930s. It is a sleeveless, knee or calf-length, slip-over style dress with a yellow / orange/ green/ blue floral print all over. It has a flounce at the front neckline, which is v-shaped. |
Provenance |
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 |
Fabric/Dyes/Thread |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Newman, Bessie Witherspoon, Lillian J. |