COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1989.78.2
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Ligon, Alice Eugenia
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1886-1959
Creator Name-CRT:
Alice Eugenia Ligon
Title:
Embroidered Garment
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1949
Creation Start Date:
1949
Creation End Date:
1949
Materials and Techniques:
embroidered muslin, cotton crochet; pencil; cotton rick-rack trim
Dimensions:
43 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. (111.1 x 97.8 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1989.78.2
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Inscriptions:
lower left in green thread: Alice Ligon to her children/Born Apr. 1 77. Presents/thisdress as a XMas...lower left in green thread: ...Gift ?to?/?remember me?? while at State?H??/Hosp No I while ?? Time.?/...lower left in green thread: ...Wishing all of you aMerry Xmas.dress inside back neck in black ink: A LIGON (numbers crossed out)dressinside back neck right of inscripton in black ink: D. N.lower right: The Blessings ofGod./Blessed are (space)(underlined)/Blessed are the Peace...
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1989.78.2.tif
