silk parachute

Item

Title

silk parachute

Description

silk parachute belonging to Eva Annis, whose daughter was getting married during wartime and wanted her daughter to have a long wedding dress with a train to be married in. Because everything was so scarce during wartime, but somehow Eva was able to obtain two silk parachutes, one of which was made into a wedding dress and the other is now here in the museum's collection.

Identifier

014.052.001

Format

Abstract

Excellent