Kent State University Museum: What Daisy Wore

Exhibition

What Daisy Wore : Gatsby Era Costumes from the Helen O. Borowitz Collection
Higbee Gallery, August 1997 to May 1998
Anne Bissonnette, Curator

left:
Day dress, mid-1920s
Ivory cotton gauze, smocked and embroidered with green cotton twist
The Helen 0. Borowitz Collection L1997.13.21
Shawl, 1920s
Ivory silk net; floral and paisley motifs embroidered with silk floss in greens, oranges, blues, black, yellow and ivory; tied harlequin silk fringe
The Helen 0. Borowitz Collection L1997.13.23

center:
Evening dress, mid-1920s
Pale green silk chiffon with color and metallic gold brocaded palmettes
The Helen 0. Borowitz Collection L1997.13.3

right:
Day dress, mid-1920s
Cream net, part machine embroidered, and ecru machine filet lace
The Helen 0. Borowitz Collection L1997.13.22
Shawl, 1920s
Ivory silk tulle, machine embroidered w/ silk floss flowers in pinks and blues; tied ivory silk fringe
The Helen 0. Borowitz Collection L1997.13.27

back:
Portrait of Captain Walsh and his sister Smauel
Woodforde English, signed and dated 1817
Oil on canvas
Kent State University Museum
The Shannon Rodgers Collection 1983.4.721