Alice in a Venetian Renaissance Costume
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1921
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/16 × 3 1/16in. (10.3 × 7.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (10.8 × 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (10.8 × 8.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Hannah C. Williams
DescriptionView of Alice (possibly Alice Gay Cheney) standing on the brick front porch of a large house. She is wearing an Elizabethan-style dress that is edged with ribbon and has ruffled cuffs at the end of the sleeves. She is wearing a shawl and a long necklace, and has a ruff around her neck. Her hands are on her hips. The double doors to the house are closed behind her. There is a lantern hangning from the potico over the porch. There is a window to the right of the front entrance, and its shutters are open.
Object number1992.115.19
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso, circled: "14"Handwritten in pencil on verso by accessioner, crossed out: "POSSIBLY ROSALIE AMORY CHENEY (1906 - ) / N"
Handwritten in pencil in a different hand on verso: "Alice? / see 1991.28.10.403"NotesDate note: This image corresponds to a scene in the "Silk Pageant" home movie, dated April 4, 1921, in the Connecticut Museum collection (1985.113.2).
Context note: This photograph was probably taken in South Manchester, Connecticut.
A sign in film 1985.113.2 indicates that the costume is of a "VENETIAN LADY / ITALIAN RENAISSANCE / PERIOD". It was made out of Cheney silk for an international silk show.
The photograph is filed under “F” for “Fashion Show”.
See cataloging worksheet in object file for comments on original mis-identification of the subject.
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