A surviving Bramhall Museum display card references Harrengière and an exhibition gown. A handwritten notation connects the garment with Iris Cockatoo in 1913.
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Bramhall Museum exhibit display card
A printed Harrengière exhibition card for a Paris evening gown, with handwritten notes below the garment description.
Accession number
Not recorded
Record type
Document
Date as recorded
1913 notation
Place as recorded
Not recorded
Creator or attribution
Bramhall Museum; Harrengière named on card
Expedition or collection
Not recorded
Medium or format
Printed exhibit card with handwritten notation
Custody and provenance
Field notes
Uncertain or missing information
The card does not explain how the garment came into Iris Cockatoo’s possession.
Transcript
HARRENGIÈRE
EXHIBITION No. 17
PARIS EVENING GOWN
Silk satin, glass beads and crystal embroidery
Made in Paris. Altered and finished in New York.
Lent for Exhibition
Handwritten notation:
Removed from exhibition, May 1913.
Subsequently worn by Miss Iris Cockatoo.
Public interest exceeded anticipated loss.
E.B.
Surrounding folder: ARCHIVAL MATERIAL