Embroidered, Netted Dress
Date1927
DimensionsOverall: 118 cm
Credit LineGift of Mr. W. D. Moss, 1982
Object number1982.004.029
Label TextThis is Jessie Seaborn’s (b. 1908) coming out dress. She wore it to the “Coming Out Ball” held at London’s Winter Garden on December 20, 1927. At that event, London society formally acknowledged that Jessie had reached adulthood. The dress, made over from a dress Jessie’s mother wore as a bridesmaid, had double significance.
NameDress
1905 - 1946
c. 1910
1885 - 1895
c. 1920
c.1974 - 1978
