Dress
c. 1937
wool
2020.27
No maker label, but maybe made by Sally or someone in her family.
Teal knit dress and belt with a teal 1920s slip with acommpanying knit belt with mother of pearl clasp. Yoke is a stockinnette stitch which leads into a variation of a lace fern leaf stitch. Dress is made of two separate sections, sewn at the natural waist. Belt hides seam.
Measurements:
Dress:
Bust: 32 inches
Waist: 32 inches
Shoulders:13 inches
Sleeve: 8 inches
Total Length:36 inches
Slip:
Bust: 36 inches
Length: 36 inches
Dress is similar to a 'one piece' knit dress pattern from 1934. Slip contains a typed label at the back for 'Sally Uoti.' Sally Dagmar Uoti was born September 27, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, to Alexander Uoti (Finnish) and Hilma Wicklund. She married Roy Kiiskila in 1945, and passed away in 2005 in Wisconsin.