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Gown, Dressing

Object number2016.44.18 a,b

Datec. 1930

MediumFabric; Chiffon; Lace

Credit LineGift of Susan Haas Prentiss

DescriptionChiffon and lace dressing gown.DimensionsHeight x Width (a): 62 × 15 in. (157.5 × 38.1 cm)
Inscriptions(b)
White strip of fabric with handwritten number in ink at one end "9751-9"; likely a drycleaning tag.
Historical NotesBelonged to Elizabeth "Betty" Mills Dalbey Haas, the donor Susan Haas Prentiss' mother. 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 Elizabeth Mills Dalbey Haas

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