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Dress
Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
Marks or LabelsNone
Date
1899
Medium / Technique
Silk satin, cotton plain weave, cotton lace, gold metallic ribbon trim, metal hook and eye
Dimensions80.4 cm (length); chest: 57.4 cm (circumference); sleeve: 28.2 cm (length)
ClassificationPersonal Objects - Clothing - Main Garments
Object NumberM972.75.69.1
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of the Estate of Alice Hallward
NotesA 17th-Century Court Dress, 1899
Alice Graham, daughter of newspaper magnate Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, grew up in one of the wealthiest households in Montreal. At the age of 6, she attended a children’s fancy dress party for 125 young members of the city’s elite. Her costume points to an exceptional level of expense. Her parents had a painted version made of her photograph, as they did years later when she dressed as “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.”
Alice Graham, daughter of newspaper magnate Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, grew up in one of the wealthiest households in Montreal. At the age of 6, she attended a children’s fancy dress party for 125 young members of the city’s elite. Her costume points to an exceptional level of expense. Her parents had a painted version made of her photograph, as they did years later when she dressed as “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.”
Status
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Object/Image
Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum 
Missie Alice Graham in "17th-Century Court Dress," Montreal, Quebec, 1899
Wm. Notman & Son
1899
II-128584.1
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