Skip to content
Museum Homepage

The San Mateo County Historical Association
Online Collections Database

The mission of the San Mateo County Historical Association is to inspire wonder and discovery
of the cultural and natural history of San Mateo County.

Search Term Record

Metadata

Related Records

  1. Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962 - Dress

    Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962. Cerise shantung dress with princess seams on bust, extended cap sleeves, notched neckline, and knife pleats on skirt. Dress has been altered at waist in back, to expand two of the pleats. Back closure with hook and thread loop at neck and hidden steel zipper, painted cerise, down back. Bodice is flat-lined in cerise nylon and skirt is unlined. Three white makers labels inside skirt.

    Record Type: Object

    Cerise Going Away Dress, c. 1962
  2. Cerise Going Away Jacket, 1962 - Jacket

    Cerise Going Away Jacket, c. 1962. Cerise shantung bolero-cut jacket with three-quarter length sleeves, and mandarin collar. Jacket has three large pearlescent plastic buttons, 1.375 inches in diameter, and welted buttonholes down front. Jacket is lined in cerise silk and has two white makers labels inside.

    Record Type: Object

    Cerise Going Away Jacket, c. 1962
  3. Childs Dotted Swiss Dress, c. 1949. - Dress

    Childs Dotted Swiss Dress, c. 1949. Shear white, possibly nylon, organdy dress with flocked Swiss dot. Collar and puffed sleeves are trimmed with white cotton bobbin lace. Six buttons of clear rhinestones in brass bezels, down front of bodice. Seventeen vertical pintucks on each side of yoke. Hidden 9.75 inch steel zipper with makers mark on proper left side of waist. Gathered waist with two belt loops on sides and two metal snaps in front, indi...

    Record Type: Object

    Childs Dotted Swiss Dress, c. 1949
  4. Pale Yellow Lace Overlay Taffeta Prom Dress, 1958 - Dress

    Pale Yellow Lace Overlay Taffeta Prom Dress, 1958. Sleeveless dress with pale yellow lace overlaid on pale yellow nylon taffeta. Matching polyester chiffon sash wraps around front of waist and has long tails draped in back. Machine needle-run lace is in a tendril leaf pattern. Lace overlay on neckline has scalloped edges and is folded over, forming lapels . V-back and enameled zipper with makers mark. Dress has flared skirt with nylon tulle petti...

    Record Type: Object

    Pale Yellow Lace Overlay Taffeta Prom Dress, c. 1958

Thank You!

Confirmation Message Here....