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Bodice

Object number2016.44.3

Retailer Boggs & Buhl (1869 - 1958)

Date1880-1889

OriginAllegheny, PA

MediumFabric; Velvet; Glass(?); Metal; Unknown boning material

Credit LineGift of Susan Haas Prentiss

DescriptionBodice. Center fabric and collar is white and gold brocade in a leaf pattern. Remainder of bodice is complex black fabric with black beadwork and velvet details. Black beadwork also on upper chest area. High collar with two bands of pink velvet that each have a bow at back center. Long black sleeves with black beadwork down the length. Sleeve cuffs are lined with same brocade as torso. Lined with black fabric.DimensionsHeight x Width: 28 × 19 in. (71.1 × 48.3 cm)
MarksWaist strap on interior at back bottom center with fabric maker's label at one end with embroidered text "Boggs & Buhl / Allegheny, Pa."
Historical NotesThe clothes from the 1880s belonged to Mary Effie Voight Ash, wife of John Emerson Ash, who was in the iron business and then wholesale produce in the Pittsburgh region. Part of a collection of clothing and accessories of the Ash/Haas family. George Haas had a wholesale optical business on Oliver Street called G.W. Optical, it folded when he passed in 1968. It was started by his father George Washington Haas. His grandfather Jesse Purdy started American Waterworks with Mellon backing, they built dams all over the world.

Previous owner Mary Effie Voight Ash

Related person John Emerson Ash

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