Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.002.005 |
Object Name |
Jacket |
Title |
Bride's Jacket for her "Going Away" Dress |
Date |
1929 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Bognor, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County? |
Description |
"Going Away" dress pale green moire silk (or rayon?) jacket, worn in 1929 by Katharine Brownlee. It has straight full-length lapels that are piped with an orange fabric that matches the dress (see Related). The long sleeves also have the piping repeated at the one-snap cuffs. There are no fasteners at the lapels, as the beaded cord decor on the dress is meant to be seen. The bottom front areas have inverted triangle small pockets sewn on (likely more decorative than functional). |
Provenance |
Maker unknown. It might have been hand-made at Bognor, Sydenham Township, Grey County. Belonged to and worn by Katharine Crawford Frizzell, a schoolteacher from Bognor, Sydenham Township, Grey County, on her wedding day as part of her "going away" dress. She had a number of dresses given to her at a prior "trousseau tea". She married Reverend Stuart Henry Brownlee at St. George's Anglican Church, in Owen Sound, Grey County, on August 14, 1929, at twelve o'clock (noon). The Brownlees resided at Kerrwood, Ontario. Around 1963, Katharine Brownlee worked in Huron County. The item was passed on to her son, John S. Brownlee, QC., who kept it in Calgary, Alberta. It was sent back to Grey County in January, 2017. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Silk/Thread/Moire/Metal/Dye |
Dimensions |
W-33.5 L-65 D-1 cm |
Found |
Alberta, Canada |
People |
Brownlee, Katharine Crawford |
Subjects |
Weddings Brides Women Teachers Marriage Clothing & dress |
Search Terms |
Bognor |
Function |
A jacket worn with a "going away" dress by a bride in 1929. It was dressy, but comfortable for travelling in as the couple left on their motor honeymoon. It would be worn in the day-time and when dining, but could be removed for dancing. |