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Title |
Off-white Lace Overlay, for Teal Beaded Flapper Dress, c. 1920s. |
Object Name |
Dress |
Description |
Off-white Lace Overlay, for Teal Beaded Flapper Dress, c. 1920s. Vest-like overlay has two vertical slit openings with edges tacked open, on front and back of bodice, through which a sash may have passed through. Waist is dropped, and skirt consists of five vertical panels, which would have flared open with movement, revealing the beaded skirt of the teal dress. Edges of lace are scalloped. |
Date |
c. 1920s |
Catalog Number |
2020.002.005B |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Seamstress |
Inscription Text |
n/a |
Provenance |
Costume material worn by Grace Blick Green who moved from San Francisco to Hillborough in 1916 and attended San Mateo High School. |
Notes |
"Flappers were famous—or infamous, depending on your viewpoint—for their rakish attire. They donned fashionable flapper dresses of shorter, calf-revealing lengths and lower necklines, though not typically form fitting: Straight and slim was the preferred silhouette." [https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/flappers] "Flappers are icons of the Roaring Twenties, the social, political turbulence and increased transatlantic cultural exchange that followed the end of World War I, as well as the export of American jazz culture to Europe. However, there was a reaction to this counter culture, mostly by older, more conservative people who belonged in different generations. They claimed that the flappers' dresses were 'near nakedness', 'flippant', 'reckless', and unintelligent." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper] |
Dimensions |
H-38.5 W-23.25 D-0.75 inches |
Search Terms |
1920s Dress Dresses Fashion Flapper Green, Grace Blick Hilborough Jazz Lace Prohibition San Mateo County |
Subjects |
Dance Dress Dresses Flappers Jazz Lace Prohibition |
People |
Green, Grace Blick |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Diane Green Tokheim |