Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.002.007 |
Object Name |
Camisole |
Title |
Monogrammed Trousseau Vest |
Date |
1929 |
Made |
Brownlee (neé Frizzell), Katharine Crawford |
Place of Origin |
Bognor, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
Cream-coloured crepe "vest" (as she called it) camisole, hand-made, with rosepoint lace, and narrow ribbon shoulder straps. The front has a vee shape (lace-trimmed). It is also monogrammed in blue embroidery, on the back side, with an "F". It is a trousseau underwear item made by Katharine Brownlee (nee Frizzell). See RELATED for matching items. |
Makers mark |
"F" embroidered in blue |
Provenance |
Handmade by/belonged to Katharine Crawford Frizzell, a schoolteacher from Bognor, Sydenham Township, Grey County. 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). It was one of her trousseau items. 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 Crepe/Lace/Ribbon/Thread/Embroidery Thread/Dye |
Dimensions |
W-44.7 L-64.3 D-1 cm |
Found |
Alberta, Canada |
People |
Brownlee, Katharine Crawford |
Subjects |
Brides Embroidery Lingerie Underwear Weddings |
Search Terms |
Bognor |
Function |
This item was called a "vest" in 1929 when it was hand-made by a bride-to-be as part of a matching set of lingerie for her trousseau. In the 1910s, lace-trimmed garments like this were identified as "vests" in the Simpson's catalogue. She also went to the work of monogramming each item in the set with her initial in embroidery. |