Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Dress |
Catalog Number |
1988.11.7 |
Date |
ca. 1924 |
Material(s) |
Silk |
Dimensions |
H-40 W-18 inches |
Description |
A ladies black silk charmuse dress with a U shaped neckline and a bias banding. It has two rows of beading around neckline and nine verticle rows of beading at the front, center, graduated in length, with the longest row at center front. The beads are red, gold, and blue. The bodice section ends at dropped waist and the center front and sides are decorated with a row of buttons surrounded by two rows of beading. The front of skirt is two split panels edged with two rows of beading with a center beaded design in the same pattern as at the neck but vertically flipped. The underskirt is made of maroon silk crepe. The skirt back is a single panel edged with two rows of beads. |
Notes |
Worn by donor who recalled, "I danced many a Charleston in this dress." |
Collection |
Eleanor McGinty Bickel Collection |
Subjects |
Dancing Bickel, Eleanor McGinty Clothing & dress |
Search Terms |
Flapper dress Roaring Twenties Women's clothing |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |