JACKET, BED

Description: 1) H-106.3 L-94.3 W-2.2 SILK PINK SATIN. COTTON LACE, SEED PEARLS, BUCKRAM BASE UNDER GLASS BEADS, METALLIC BRAIDED THREAD, COTTON BOBBINET FRILL AT NECK. PINK MOIRÉ SILK RIBBON FOR INSIDE BELT. KIMONO STYLE WRAPPED GARMENT. GODETS AT LOWER SIDE SEAMS. FRONT IS NOTCHED OUT. ENTIRE GARMENT IS CUT ON GRAIN. MACHINE MADE; PLAIN SEAMS WITH HAND OVERCAST EDGES. ALL LACE APPLIED BY MACHINE. 2) H-13.4 L-14.5 W-2.4 PINK SILK JACQUARD RIBBON ROSETTE. ROSETTE IS FOLDED AND STITCHED RIBBON. CONSTRUCTION IS DONE BY HAND. 3) H-85 L-73.6 W-1.9 PINK SILK JACQUARD RIBBON ROSETTE AND TIES. THREE TIE ENDS EXTENDING OUT OF ROSETTE IN CENTER. ROSETTE IS FOLDED AND STITCHED RIBBON. CONSTRUCTION OF ROSETTE IS DONE BY HAND.

History: BED JACKET WAS OWNED AND WORN BY DONOR’S GRANDMOTHER EDNA LOUISE TAYLOR NEE PRINCE BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1916.THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS EXTRACTED FROM A LONGER NARRATIVE WRITTEN BY MARY VANBUSKIRK AT THE TIME OF DONATION: “LIKE MANY OF HER CONTEMPORARIES, [MY GRANDMOTHER] LOUISE WAS A METICULOUS NEEDLEWOMAN -- SHE MADE MANY OF HER OWN CLOTHES AS WELL AS MUM'S, EVEN INCLUDING UNDERWEAR, NIGHTWEAR, AND DOLL CLOTHES. FOR HER LAST PREGNANCY SHE FASHIONED SEVERAL LOUNGING OUTFITS TO WEAR WHILE IN BED AND NURSING THE BABY. SADLY, SHE DID NOT GET TO WEAR THEM FOR VERY LONG.” FOR DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO DONOR'S FAMILY HISTORY, PLEASE SEE TO P20110012001.; *UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO THE DONOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.