Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Historical Artifacts
Dress shirt with collar and tie
Object Number:
1960.22e-n
Date:
1941
Medium:
Silk, linen, metal
Dimensions:
Part (shirt): 33 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 3/4 in. (85.1 x 44.5 x 1.9 cm)
Part (collar): 2 x 6 1/8 x 5 in. (5.1 x 15.6 x 12.7 cm)
Marks:
stamped: in ink, inside left front of shirt, near the bottom: "OFFICER / 610 15 1/2 34"
embroidered: on maker's label inside shirt neck: "THE / Wallard Shop / OF WASHINGTON"
handwritten: inside neck: "G / H4122"
embroidered: on maker's label at cente
Description:
White silk dress shirt with accompanying starched collar, black bow tie and dress jewelry; shirt has 3/4" closed stand-up collar which buttons at the throat to detachable starched 2" stand-up collar with circular metal collar button with shank; stiffly starched bib at the breast, with 3 circular metal stirt studs having shanks of cylindrical bars, bottom of shirt is open and has rounded corners; open cuffs with monogrammed cuff links, cuff links are in 2 rectangular pieces with oblique corners, joined with a metal link at the shanks; narrow yoke across the shoulders on reverse, with fabric loop at the center for bow tie.
Gallery Label:
This Air Force tailcoat was worn by Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks of New York during World War II; the Society owns the complete uniform. According to Col. Hanks, this uniform was not regulation issue in 1960 when it was donated. It was, however, required evening dress when the U.S.A.F. became a separate department of the War Department. It was required only for official receptions such as those at the White House and when military dignitaries held special meetings with foreign representatives.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Stedman Shumway Hanks
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
