Skirt
Object number2016.44.5
Date1880-1889
MediumFabric; Metal
Credit LineGift of Susan Haas Prentiss
DescriptionFloor-length full black skirt. High waist. Black fabric with concentric circle and spiral patterns. Bands of black ruffle fabric around skirt body and bottom. Lined with black fabric.DimensionsLength x Width: 42 × 11.5 in. (106.7 × 29.2 cm) [Width is at waist]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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Kaufmann's Department Store
1885
1880-1889
c. 1870
1890-1899
1894
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1941-1962
1941-1962