DRESS

Description: .1 BLOUSE. LTH: 89 CM. SILK. YELLOW. SIZE: SMALL. LEMON YELLOW SILK WEAVE, STAND-UP COLLAR, 14 BODICE TUCKS IN FRONT, 3 FULL LENGTH TUCKS ON BOTH BACK SECTIONS. SLEEVE IS GATHERED AT CAP AND ELBOW, WHICH IS BANDED. 9 SMALL HOOKS ON RIGHT BACK, 1 METAL EYE, 8 THREAD EYES ON LEFT BACK. LEFT ARMHOLE RIPPED. .2 SKIRT. SILK. YELLOW. WAIST: 56 CM. LTH: 91.5 CM.1.5 CM WTH. WAISTBAND, OPENING CLOSES WITH 3 HOOK AND EYES, 1 HOOK MISSING 3 SMALL TUCKS (.4CM) ENCIRCLE SKIRT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY DOWN. 5 TUCKS(2.5 CM WTH) ENCIRCLE SKIRT AT BOTTOM.

History: DONOR ESTIMATES DRESS TO BE 120 - 130 YEARS OLD. THIS TYPE OF SILK WEAVE IS NO LONGER MARKETED. THIS DRESS HAD BELONGED TO MRS. CAMPBELL, ONE OF LETHBRIDGE'S EARLY PIANO PLAYERS, AND WAS WORN FOR RECITALS AND OTHER FORMAL EVENTS. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THIS ARTIFACT. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR AND THIS DONATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. *UPDATE* IN 2024 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, TESS MCNAUGHTON, CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PREVIOUS AUDITS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR IS FROM ARTICLES IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND THE WEBSITE, FIND A GRAVE. NIJOLA PETRONELE SCHAUFL WAS BORN IN LITHUANIA ON DECEMBER 2, 1926. MRS. SCHAUFL CAME TO CANADA, ARRIVING IN WINNIPEG IN 1947. IN 1953 SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE SHE RESIDED WITH HER HUSBAND, HANS SCHAUFL UNTIL HER PASSING ON FEBRUARY 25, 1986. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE REGARDING THE OBJECT OR ITS USE.