Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1997.031 u |
Object Name |
Sash |
Collection |
Organizations |
Credit line |
DHS Purchase |
Year Range from |
1933 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Description |
Machine-stitched, silk sash of office from the Regina Elena Mutual Beneficial Society, an Italian immigrant women's charitable aid organization in Wilmington (incorporated 1933, dissolved 1986). The Society was named after Princess Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952), who married Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947) of Italy in 1896. The sash is pale blue silk with a white silk lining and a 2" long gold silk fringe trim at each end. It is embroidered " Curatrice" on the front in yellow. |
Dimensions |
W-2.5 L-29 inches |
Dimension Details |
length including fringe |
Owned |
Regina Elena Mutual Beneficial Society |
Used |
Regina Elena Mutual Beneficial Society |
Subjects |
Immigrants Charitable organizations Organizations Women Textiles |
Search Terms |
Regina Elena Society Regina Elena Mutual Beneficial Society Wilmington Italians Immigrants Sashes Regalia Twentieth Century Women's Organizations Charitable Organizations |
Material |
Silk |
Place of Origin |
Wilmington, DE |