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Type	Physical Object
Basic ID	Tea gown, ca. 1900. Printed silk chiffon, silk chain stitch, and lace. Charles Frederick Worth, France. Gift of Mrs. Middleton Train. 1969.134
Title	Tea gown
Artists/Makers	Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer) House of Worth (Firm) (designer)
Place of Origin	Paris (France)
Date	circa 1900
Physical Description	Dress, tea gown-style, of pink floral silk chiffon. Round neck opening draped with off-white chiffon and lace. Trompe l'oeil lace bolero overlay with three-quarter sleeves. Blousing at bust; pleating at center front. Full-length skirt with slight train in back.
Materials/Techniques	silk (fiber) chiffon lace (needlework)
Object History	Worn by Mrs. Colin Powys (Nancy Lathrop Carver Leiter) Campbell, wife of Colonel Colin Powys Campbell, mother of the donor, and daughter of Levi Zeigler Leiter, a pioneer Chicago merchant and associate of Marshall Field and Potter Palmer.
Classification	costume (mode of fashion)
Categories	clothing main garments
Object Types	dresses (garments) tea gowns
Related Persons	Campbell, Colin Powys, Mrs., 1872-1930
Credit Line	Gift of Mrs. Middleton Train
Owner	Chicago Historical Society
Copyright Notice	© Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
Exhibition History	Chic Chicago : Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum. Fashion Institute of Technology (2007/10/12 - 2008/01/05)
Object Number	1969.134a
Image File Name	ICHi-63576; ICHi-63582; ICHi-63579; ICHi-63585; ICHi-63578; ICHi-63584
Language	English
Repository	Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038
Collection Name	Museum Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Research Inquiry	http://libguides.chicagohistory.org/research
Licensing Inquiry	Visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or email rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org

Title	i63576
Copyright Notice	© Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
Repository	Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038
Collection Name	Museum Collection (Chicago History Museum)

Tea gown

i63576

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