Echoes of Erin dance costume

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/8214d2dfb484fe4067aa25337b2602c5

Title

Echoes of Erin dance costume

Creator

Moulton, Robert Darrell
Lippincott, Gertrude

Date

Created: 1955

Description

Women's dance costume for "Echoes of Erin: To Henry Cowell", which premiered May 7, 1955, at the Minneapolis Young Women's Christian Association. The kelly green cotton knit dress features brown bias edging and decoration, with a red burlap trailing sash. It has an offset triangular yoke at waist and open-flared skirt that incorporates strips of all three fabrics. Designed and made by Robert Moulton. Worn by Gertrude Lippincott of Minnesota. Lippincott was a prominent dancer, choreographer and teacher.

Subject

Benton Hall
Dance
Clothing.Women's Special Purpose Clothing.Costumes
Costume (character dress)

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Relation

https://collections.mnhs.org/cms/media?thumb=yes&irn=10352824

Type

image

References

https://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10440294

Date

Created: 1955

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Subject

Benton Hall
Dance
Clothing.Women's Special Purpose Clothing.Costumes
Costume (character dress)

Citation

Moulton, Robert Darrell and Lippincott, Gertrude, “Echoes of Erin dance costume,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 7, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/14975.

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