1993.10.3

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Details

ID Number

1993.10.3

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - outerwear

Item Name

dress

Maker

Dougherty, Violet

Materials

TEXTILE, COTTON

Description

White, thin cotton; Empire waist; skirt gathered to bodice; yoke hangs over waist seam; embroidered with whitework flowers; long sleeves; gathered at shoulders, notched at wrists, same whitework above notches; same whitework near hem; square neckline; plain hem; fastens at back slit with 3 snaps; machine and handsewn.

History

According to donor, these dresses (993.10.1-.3) and slip (993.10.4) were either hers or an older sibling's (as a baby). They were made by her mother, Violet Dougherty. The family lived in Sarnia before moving to WIndsor in the 1920s. Donor was born Dec. 28 1919.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Children / Enfants subject

Dougherty, Violet person

Sarnia (Ont.) place

Textiles subject

Windsor (Ont.) place

Women / Femmes subject