Eleanor Roosevelt's 1933 Inaugural Ball Gown
Eleanor Roosevelt's 1933 Inaugural Ball Gown
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Dress
- associated date
- 1933
- maker
- Milgrim
- Physical Description
- blue (overall color)
- silver (overall color)
- fabric, silk (overall material)
- stone, ? (clips (2) material)
- stone, rhinestone (clips (2) material)
- threads (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 25 in; 76.2 cm x 63.5 cm
- ID Number
- PL.042557a
- catalog number
- 42557a
- accession number
- 162687
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- subject
- First Ladies
- Inauguration
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Comments
Your grandfather made a beautiful velvet gown in ‘Eleanor ‘ blue. For a description see page 14 of the book Eleanor Roosevelt volume 2 by Blanche Wiesen Cook.
Lisa colletti
Mon, 2022-06-06 08:47
Lisa Scrivano
Wed, 2021-12-01 09:23