Hawes, Elizabeth, light blue/brown floral dress
Blue-grey china silk with brown floral print, inspired by Indian block printing style. Peaked waist, with shawl collar styled neckline. Two sets of three buttons on back neckline and side zipper. Three-quarter length sleeves. Exterior of dress is actually reverse side of fabric. Extra wide seam allowances all over.
HCT.2011.1.4
1948
1940s Light Green Long Dress with Grape Motif
Short sleeve gown of light green with surplice style V neck. Fullness is drawn to left side and shirred into zipper. Slightly lowered waist with horizontal draped panel at waistline in back. Skirt wraps and drapes at hip on left side. Left hipline and right shoulder are embellished with half ball buttons covered in deep purple silk faille, sewn to create grape clusters Shoulders are heavily padded.
HCT.1986.111.29
1942
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1940's Gray Double-Breasted Suit
Man's double breasted gray and blue stripe wool and acetate suit. Jacket: double breasted-3 rows buttons, wide peaked lapel, single welt breast pocket, double welt hip pockets, no back vent, 3 button sleeve placket Pants: Flat front with watch pocket, side seam and back welt pockets, 10 fly front
HCT.1985.21.11
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1940's Nylon Negligee
Off-White, nylon parachute robe and gown, lace trim, ankle length.
HCT.1996.12.1ab
<span>Additional fiber images and information available at <a href="http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/1940-_1949_off_white_nylon_negligee,_cotton_lace_trim" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the CAMEO Materials Database at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.</a></span>
1946 Nylon Wedding Dress
White nylon gown that was once parachute with a wide ballet neckline and yoke, short sleeves of lace. A lace yoke also topped the gathered skirt.
HCT.2000.20.1
1946
1940s Peach Evening Gown and Jacket
Dark peach colored long acetate taffeta dress with matching short-sleeved jacket with peplum. Straight across neckline with fold-over. Wide straps. Bodice has princess seams and natural waistline with V at center front. Long skirt with side seams towards back that gets wider at hem. Center back metal zipper. Both dress and jacket are unlined. Jacket has peter pan collar, 6 covered buttons down center front to waist. Princess darts and shoulder pads. Short sleeves with cuffs. Peplum attached at waist is pleated at hips and gathered center back.
HCT.2001.20.1ab
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1946 Silk Parachute Wedding Dress
Off-white silk parachute wedding dress. Shaped front neckline with upper section curved ending in shallow V at center front. Front bodice with darts from above bust extending to shoulder. Center front seam with five-inch section of full gathers at bust level. Back bodice with shoulder and waistline darts. Thirteen 3/8" diameter self-fabric ball buttons/buttonholes at center back. Left side zipper. Waistline seam. Long set-in sleeves with full gathered cap and more fitted below elbow. Pointed lower edge with two self-fabric ball buttons/buttonholes fasteners at wrist.
Eleven gore floor-length skirt, smoothly falling from waistline seam -- no gathers or pleats. Six-seven foot train. Several pieced, flat-felled seams evident in lower skirt and train for effective use of parachute fabric to make garment. Machine stitched hem. Garment totally unlined.
HCT.1997.33.1
2/16/1946
1943 White Satin and Lace Wedding Dress
Wedding gown. Round neckline with sheer tulle or mesh fabric in upper bodice. Lace unit, 1.5" wide, around neckline in a peter pan collar effect but stitched to mesh base. Similar lace design outlines lower edge of mesh where it connects to lace bodice. Lace over satin drop waist bodice from bust to skirt seam with bodice seam lower in back and gradually higher at center front. Narrow piped seam outlining under bust and forming inverted V at center front. Lace area over bust is gathered at side seams and center front.
Center back closure with 36 satin covered flattened ball buttons and satin loop closures.
Set- in full cap gathered lace sleeves, wrist length. Seam from arm muscle to wrist in which back of sleeve is fuller and gathered to sleeve front.
Skirt gathered to bodice with narrow satin piped seam. Skirt front, floor length at center front with approximate 8' train extending at center back on gown. Satin skirt with lace over satin around hip and thigh area. Lace medallions with stain cut away throughout lower areas of skirt and train. Fold up satin hem on garment and two and one-half inch mesh facing on train area (not horsehair, just flexible mesh fabric facing).
Veil. Dated 1987 by donor. Round, shaped head piece with open section in middle. Lace adorned with small pearls over buckrum. Five foot long veiling from headpiece.
HCT.2014.3.1
1943
1940s Woman's Brown Wool Two-Piece Suit
Woman's suit of brown wool gabardine a jacket in square, shirt collar style Jacket front is shaped with 2 darts at neckline, 2 fish-eye darts and 2 darts beginning at hem; Jacket back cut in princess style; 2 narrow welt pockets 5 self covered button closure up to collar; hand-stitched key hole buttonholes, center front edges are curved and hand picked
2 piece set in sleeves, padded shoulders
Lined in brown silk satin; zippered pocket in left side
A-line skirt of brown wool gaberdine
Raised contoured waistline faced with wide black gross grain, side zipper
Openings left in side fronts and side back seams to allow a belt to be laced through
Box kick pleat at center back with crow's foot stitch at top
Unlined
HCT.1993.762.3ab
1940s Yellow Crepe Dress
Collarless, cut-on long, dolman sleeves with underarm gussets. Hem edge of sleeve with vertical gathered section and dark brown elongated inset similar to shape of new moon. Three self fabric covered buttons on each sleeve with thread loop closures.
Fitted waistline and waistline seam. Dark brown angled inset from center front bodice seam to bust forming inverted V shape in front bodice. Curved overlap at front neck above point of inverted V. Six inch zipper at center back neck. Left side zipper opening in dart. Wide once inch seams throughout including waistline seam. Underlined front bodice.
Four gore back skirt. Skirt front is one piece with fine gathers four inches wide at center front but stitched down 1" deep/long. Moderate flare to skirt, especially from gathered area at center front of skirt.
Belt: One inch side self fabric belt in pumpkin with brown looped sections on each end of belt.
HCT.1991.655.17ab