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CLOCHE (HAT)

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Marjorie Merriweather Post's youngest daughter, Nedenia Marjorie Hutton (American, b. 1923), wore this hat with an ivory organza dress (48.56.1) in the wedding of her older sister, Adelaide Brevoort Close, to Thomas Welles Durant in 1927.

Mrs. Post's youngest daughter, Nedenia Marjorie Hutton (American, b. 1923), wore this hat with an ivory organza dress in the wedding of her older sister, Adelaide Brevoort Close, to Thomas Welles Durant. The dress is built on a sleeveless silk taffeta foundation garment, attached at yoke. Short sleeves and peter pan collar are trimmed in white fur. Six rows of gathered organza, also trimmed in fur, are sewn onto the skirt base. These bands are shaped, each coming to a point in center front where a small fabric tassel is suspended. Both undergarment and dress close at center back with small covered buttons.

Object name:
CLOCHE (HAT)
Made from:
Silk taffeta -- rabbit fur -- ermine
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
1927
Size:
H. 6 1/2 in., Dia. 8 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
48.56.2
Signature marks:
Label MRS. MARTINA DOWNING/22 EAST SIXTY-FIFTH ST./NEW YORK Inside hat
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973