Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1994.046.012 |
Object Name |
Dress |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
20th Century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Sheer black knee-length, long-sleeved, V-neck dress with square eyelets and mother-of-pearl and rhinestone clip attached to belt. Clip does up at front. Belt is sewn to the back of the dress at the waistline. There are square eyelet openwork areas. |
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 |
Fabric |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Witherspoon, Lillian J. Newman, Bessie |