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Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
Marks or LabelsNone
Medium / Technique
Silk knit
Dimensions59.5 cm × 15.4 cm (length × width)
ClassificationPersonal Objects - Clothing - Footwear
Object NumberM972.75.69.4.1-2
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of the Estate of Alice Hallward
NotesExhibition Costume Balls - Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
A 17th-Century Court Dress
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.”
A 17th-Century Court Dress
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.”
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