Worn as part of wedding ensemble by the donor's mother (née Florence Sanger Pullman, b. 8/11/1868, d. 6/5/1937) on April 29, 1896 on the occasion of her marriage to Frank Orren Lowden (b. 1/26/1896, d. 3/20/1943). In addition to this outer bodice,...
Worn by the donor (née Louise de Marigny Dewey) at her wedding to Edward Byron Smith on May 23, 1934. The wedding was considered one of the most important events of the 1934 spring wedding season. Louise de Marigny Dewey was born on November 28,...
This is part of the Fall/Winter 1985 collection entitled (by the designer) "The Klimt Collection," named after the artist, Gustav Klimt, who worked in Vienna at the turn of the century and had a particular fascination with the decorative...
This is part of the Fall/Winter 1985 collection entitled (by the designer) "The Klimt Collection," named after the artist, Gustav Klimt, who worked in Vienna at the turn of the century and had a particular fascination with the decorative...
Worn by donor, Mrs. C. Phillip Miller, née Florence Lowden, daughter of Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Mrs. Lowden who was a daughter of George Mortimer Pullman.
Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer. Mrs. Palmer commissioned this dress from the House of Weeks (Paris) in 1911 to wear to the coronation of King George V in London. The embroidery down the center front is very similar to the embroidery on the...
Hanchen Strauss and Gardner H. Stern (b. ca. 1904), both native Chicagoans, were married on February 12, 1927. The dress was purchased from Blum's Vogue in Chicago.
This is part of the Fall/Winter 1985 collection entitled (by the designer) "The Klimt Collection," so named after the artist, Gustav Klimt who worked in Vienna at the turn of the century and had a particular fascination with the decorative...
Worn by donors' mother, Mary P. Withers, on the occasion of her marriage to Clive Runnells on September 10, 1921, in Lake Forest, Illinois at the Church of the Holy Spirit.
