Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Reception dress, grey corded silk (c. 1911) #251

#251




Reception dress, grey corded silk, ecru lace underblouse, sleeves and border of chiffon tunic. Cut steel medallion on black velvet ribbon. (c. 1911) 

     Label: Churton, Brooklyn

Donor: Gift of the family of G. Dudley Tilley


Evening Purse black crochet, peacock motif. 
Donor  Mrs. John Foster, owned by her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Hayward.