Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

GOWN

Date

1986

Materials

SATEEN

No. Pieces

1

Height

1

Length

132

Width

60

Description

ROYAL PURPLE DRESS IS MADE FROM SATEEN FABRIC. DRESS IS STRAIGHT CUT WITH BATWING SLEEVES AND SIMPLE SCOOP NECKLINE.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR IN 1986 AT THE INVESTITURE CEREMONY TO RECEIVE THE ORDER OF CANADA. DONOR RELATES THAT THERE WAS AN OUTER GARMENT WITH IT WHICH CANNOT BE LOCATED. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041760

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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