DRESS
Creator(s): Lucile (Attributed to)
Currently in storage
About this object
Child's high-waisted party dress of ivory colored silk taffeta with a tulle overlay. The tulle of skirt and ruffle around collar have decorative embroidered floral motif. Small cap sleeves and the hem of the garment are finished with a scalloped cut edge. A decorative flat bow and 2-1/2" wide satin ribbon streamers are attached at waist and shoulder.
- Object name:
- DRESS
- Made from:
- Silk taffeta -- tulle -- satin ribbon
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1915-1920
- Size:
- H. 6 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 6 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 21 in. (waist circumference); H. 30 in. (waist to hem front); H. 30 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 80 in. (hem circumference)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 48.37
- Signature marks:
- LABEL: K-83-1-5 [at center back on skirt closure, handwritten in black ink] TAG: GR. Sie. 81350 / (G..y)...nayfly [at center back hem; small printed label in green-ochre stitched flat (GR.Sie. is printed); the remainder of the text is handwritten in pencil]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973