Object ID
2005.5.27.2
Object Name
Jacket
Date Created
1970s
Material
Yarn
Object Entities
HANDMADE, THEODORA PRICE (created by)
Price, Theodora (created by)
Price, Theodore (owned by)
Price, Theodora (is related to)
Object Description
Mint green crochete baby jacket. Full sleeve length; left arm slighty longer than the right. The neckline is in a square like U-shape, but a bit uneven. Four buttons on the front, clear in color. No design or noteworthy pattern.
Origin
Crocheted and kintted by Theodora Prce herself in the early 1970's. She had left Greece in 1962 for graduate studies in England, after which she worked for a bit in the University of Sydney, and then migrated to America in 1967, to New York and later came to Chicago in 1968. She taught Greek art and Archaeology at the University of Chicago. When she was pregant with her first son she quit teaching and researching and did fulltime preperation for motherhood. This piece was finised before her sons birth.
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Citation
Jacket, 1970s, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/7392. Accessed 04/19/24.