Katherine Parker Cheney in Costume
SubjectPortrait of
Katherine Goodwin Parker
American, 1890 - 1973
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 5/16 × 3 5/16in. (11 × 8.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/16 × 3 5/16in. (11 × 8.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Hannah C. Cheney
DescriptionView of Katherine Parker Cheney standing on the brick front porch of a large house. She is wearing a dress that has long sleeves and pleated ruffles down the sides of the skirt and there is a dark colored, wide-brimmed hat on her head. She is holding a dark colored parasol or umbrella upside down in her right hand, balancing the point on the ground. There are two chairs on the porch behind her, one on either side of the front entrance, under a portico. The double doors to the house are closed. There is a lantern hanging from the roof of the portico.
Object number1992.115.18
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso, circled: "13"Handwritten in pencil on verso by accessioner: "KATHERINE (PARKER) CHENEY, / WIFE OF GEORGE W. CHENEY"
Handwritten in pencil on verso in a different hand: "see 1991.28.10.414"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 an "AFTERNOON GOWN". The dress was made out of Cheney silk for an international silk show.
The photograph is filed under “F” for “Fashion Show”.
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Katherine Goodwin Parker
Katherine Goodwin Parker
