Object ID
2002.8.2
Object Name
Dickey
Object Collection
IN MEMORY OF HELEN SPIROKARAGAS & CHRISTINE SPIRO (is part of)
Date Created
circa 1917
Material
Seersucker
Related Items
Object Description
A shirt front, separate piece of fabric almost like a dickie. Item is made of a transparent cream/beige seersucker fabric with fringed ends. The fabric has a pattern of lines, some thin, then thick, some more transparent, the other lines more opaque. There is a single opening for the object to go over the wearer's head, and is closed with a thread ball and loop clasp. Item was to be worn under a jacket, in this case it was to go under item 2002.8.1.
Origin
WEDDING GIFT GROOM HELEN KILAVOS SPIRO TO DAUGHTER IN-LAW MARY K SPIRO, WIFE OF MICHAEL D SPIRO.
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Citation
Dickey, circa 1917, IN MEMORY OF HELEN SPIROKARAGAS & CHRISTINE SPIRO, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/6895. Accessed 04/18/24.