Dress
Dress
Dress

Dress

Object number2007.34.2 a,b
Datec. 1900
MediumCotton; silk; satin; metal; cotton; bone(?)
Credit LineGift of Shirley Schmunk
DescriptionTwo-piece dress consisting of bodice and skirt. Bodice is light pink with blue and yellow flowered pattern and pink silk stripes. Long-sleeved. Trimmed in green satin ribbon on neck, shoulders, cuffs, and waistline; ruffled on all but waistline. Long satin bunched bow [made to look similar to a flower on lower back, with ribbons below top. Lined in bright pink cotton. Boned inside; hems covered with outside material strips. Metal loop hooks inside. Two, one inside each arm, sealed beige cotton sweat guards; proper left with black stamp. Floor-length full skirt. Same material as bodice. Trimmed in green satin ribbon on bottom edge. Waistline pink cotton; lined with same material. Stiff at bottom, from 10-inch-point to floor.Dimensions(a) Width at Shoulders--22; at Waist--13; of Back Bow--6.25 ... Length--17; of Sleeves--22; of Back Bow--38
(b) Width at Waist--13 ... Length--39
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Sweat guard has stamped text "[on image of a banner] THE BEST / [on triangle cross] ... / KLEINERT / TRADEMARK / [under symbol] The Gem. / REGISTERED. / DOUBLE COVERED / F-7 / 5".
Historical NotesDress worn by Charlotte Knaur Edgar or her mother, Mary Knaur. Charlotte Knaur was the daughter of Dr. Christian and Mary Knaur. Christian Knaur was a physician while Mary worked as a translator for a lawyer. Both were German immigrants who came to Pittsburgh via Beaver County. While living in Pittsburgh, the Knaurs lived in the city's East End, including Wilkinsburg and Edgewood. Charlotte Knaur married George Sutton Edgar on September 30, 1897. They had two daughters: one named Charlotte, born in 1898, and a second, who died in infancy. Charlotte Knaur lived at 58 Henry Street in Shadyside at the time of her marriage. By 1900, Charlotte and Edgar were divorced in a very publicized manner: the donor has clippings in Pittsburgh newspapers as well as legal documents relating to the divorce. Charlotte's sister, Margaret, was the maternal grandmother of the donor.
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