Dress with Belt

United States, or Europe

1920s

Titles Dress with Belt (Descriptive)
Medium velvet, silk, and gold lamé
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Biddle W. Worthington, Jr., in memory of Anita Eustis Worthington, 1987.216.24a-b
Object Name dress and belt
Classification Costume

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Small stoneware creamer of angular shape with small loop handle and ribbed terminal that extends to the base of the creamer, covered with Trout Lake Green glaze.

Large parlor sofa of laminated and carved rosewood in the so-called "Fountain Elms" pattern, with curved back of scrolling cornucopia leading to an urn with roses and other flowers at the center crest rail above a basket of flowers, scrolling foliage and birds with bunches of grapes at each side with similar basket of flowers, scrolled armrests and cabriole legs, the seat rail with carved flowers at center, on casters, with modern red silk damask upholstery.

Cup or Mug, Miller Pottery, Alabama, Perry County, stoneware with Albany or Michigan slip and white feldspar glaze, blue pieces tinted with cobalt

Quilt has stars and stripes with the dates "1776-1976" (commemorating the Bicentennial) emblazoned on the top.

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