Dress
Object number2007.27.2 a,b
Retailer
Kaufmann's Department Store
(1871 - 2005)
Datec. 1941
MediumLace; chiffon; silk; metal
Credit LineGift of the Bane-McMinn Family
DescriptionGrey chiffon dress. Skirt flows openly at floor length. Greened lace on waist and neckline. Eight purple fabric-covered buttons up back, with metal loop-hook at top. Purple metal zipper proper right side. Two snap buttons with straps at shoulders for holding slip (b) straps. Both sleeve cuffs cinched with metal snap buttons at ends.
Purple silk slip. Floor length, flares at feet. Two grey chiffon straps at shoulders. Purple metal zipper vertically proper left side. V-neck; slightly lowered back line.Dimensions(a) Width of skirt: 65+; width at Waist: 12; Width Sleeve to Sleeve: 50...Length: 56... Zipper: 13(b) Width of Skirt: 43; Width at Waist: 12.5...Length: 54...Zipper: 12...Width of Straps: .25
Historical NotesFormal dress worn by Loretha McMinn Hoyer. Purchased at Kaufmann's Department Store, the dress was worn at her sister Neoma's wedding in 1941, at the First Christian Church in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
Previous owner
Loretha McMinn Hoyer
Related institution
First Christian Church
Related person
Josie O. Bane McMinn
(1891 - 1978)
Terms
On View
Not on view
1956
c. 1930
1847-1969
c. 1925
c. 1930
