Dress and Muff

2025.1425.01

Title
Dress and Hand Muff
Creation Date
1900s
Materials
Dimensions

The dress fits a very small woman. Some of the lace on the front of the dress is torn.

Count
2
Accessory
Hand Muff
Description

Long black dress with black buttons down the front and lace on the side of the buttons. It has a stand-up collar on it and long sleeves. A black hand muff accents the black dress. The hand muff has fur on the edges. The dress was worn by Ella (Bott) Schentzel the wife of Harry Schentzel who ran the "Sanitary Meat Market in Balaton in the teens.The dress was given to the Balaton History Center by the granddaughter, Maureen (Hillstrom) McXabe of Gilroy, CA.


Related People and Organizations
Schentzel, Ella

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