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Title |
Lace Maternity Jacket, c. 1862-1880 |
Object Name |
Jacket, Dressing |
Description |
Lace Maternity Jacket, c. 1862-1880. Semi-sheer jacket made of several layers of black Chantilly lace with floral and leafy patterns. In front, the innermost layer has hook-and-eye closures, and the outer layers have three pairs of ribbons that can be tied closed, as well as a ruffled edge. The small but upstanding collar is reinforced with stiffened pieces of ribbon. On the sleeves, the inner layer reaches the wrist while the outer layers are asymmetric: on the proper right sleeve, the outer layers flare into a bell sleeve at the elbow, while on the proper left, they are gathered into a short poofy cap sleeve just covering the shoulder. At the bottom, the outer layers are cropped and form short decorative tails in back, while the inner layer is a uniform hip-length all around. |
Date |
c. 1862-1880 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2010.092.007E |
Dimensions |
H-31.5 W-20 D-10 inches |
Dimension Details |
on mannequin |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Inscription Text |
"The story of this black Chantilly lace jacket... / Mrs. Sarah Winchester used this garment as a maternity garment with a black satin skirt. She had no children as she lost three babies but had prepared very elaborately for all three. / After her death, Mrs. Marriet, her niece, gave the jacket along with other items to be sold to a rummage sale for the benefit of the Stanford Convalescent Home that had been formed Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, Mrs. Almon Roth and others. / Mrs. Winchester purchased a home from the Frank Moultons and stayed there on her way from her home in San Jose to San Francisco. It was at the corner of Atherton Ave. and Old County Road." (typed on two index cards that were in the box with the jacket) |
Provenance |
Olive Holbrook Palmer collection of items kept in locked cupboard at Holbrook-Palmer Park after being removed from carriage that is now part of SMCHA's collection. |
Notes |
[http://www.athertondames.org/holbrook-palmer-park-history/] "In 1926, Olive Holbrook Palmer inherited the property, then named Elmwood, and continued to use the residence as a summer home with her husband, Silas Palmer. Upon her death in 1958, Olive Holbrook-Palmer willed the property to the town of Atherton to be used as a recreational park. Her husband had life tenancy and upon his death, it reverted to the Town of Atherton. The Holbrook-Palmer Park Foundation, a non-profit organization, was then established in 1968, to receive donations for developing the 22 acres into a viable and usable park." "Chantilly lace is a handmade bobbin lace named after the city of Chantilly, France, in a tradition dating from the 17th century." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantilly_lace 04/04/2018] "Sarah Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; c. 1840 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester. She is best known for using her vast fortune to continue construction on the Winchester mansion in San Jose, California, for 38 consecutive years." According to an index card donated with the jacket, Winchester used it as a maternity jacket during three pregnancies. Only one child is known to have been born, a daughter named Annie, but she died at only ten days old. The jacket, along with other items in the San Jose Winchester mansion, was left to Winchester's niece Marian Marriet, who auctioned it off. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester 04/04/2018] |
Search Terms |
Clothing Fashion Holbrook-Palmer Holbrook-Palmer, Olive Jacket Jackets Lace Winchester House Winchester Mystery House Winchester, Sarah L. Women's Fashion |
Subjects |
Clothing & dress Maternity clothes |
People |
Holbrook-Palmer, Olive Winchester, Sarah L. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Atherton Heritage Association |