Wedding Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1921
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Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois businessman, was known for her meticulous attention to fashion detail. Family notebooks include costume sketches in her hand, and relatives remember Elizabeth designing and sewing many of her own fashions. It is likely that she made this dress for her 1921 wedding to Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., son of the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois businessman, was known for her meticulous attention to fashion detail. Family notebooks include costume sketches in her hand, and relatives remember Elizabeth designing and sewing many of her own fashions. It is likely that she made this dress for her 1921 wedding to Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., son of the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Artifact
Wedding dress
Date Made
1921
Subject Date
25 June 1921
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.263.48.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. William Clay Ford, Mrs. John F. Ball, and Mrs. William Leatherman.
Material
Satin
Silk (Textile)
Glass (Material)
Color
Ivory (Color)
Dimensions
Circumference: 30 in (Circumference of waist)
Length: 45 in (Center back length)
Length: 22 in (Length of sleeve)
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