Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.076 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.076.003 |
Object Name |
Robe |
Donor |
Jorgensen, Reverend Ottar |
Description |
Ankle-length clerical robe. Black wool with white cuffs made from linen handkerchief sewn into sleeves. Proper front of the robe was originally decorated with 17 wooden buttons covered with silk thread (only 13 buttons remain). These buttons have an x-shaped design on the surface. Three smaller versions of these buttons decorate each sleeve cuff. The proper front opening would have been secured by eight interior buttons (only seven remain). These interior buttons are obscured from view by the flap on the proper front with the decorative wooden buttons. The interior buttons do not match. The robe has a built-in black stole. The proper back of the collar is lined with a cardboard-like material to keep the collar lifted and curved, and this cardboard-like material extends down along each side of the proper front to about the waist level as a 2-inch wide flap of stiff, heavy material. Below the waist level, the built-in stole is not lined with material. The collar is deliberately lifted and curved so that additional stoles can be fitted around the neck and worn with the robe. The interior of the robe is lined with a black satin. On each side of the robe, underneath the flap with the built-in stole, there is one slit and a pocket. Each slit probably allows access to pockets in lay clothes worn underneath the robe. Label at back of the neck area is illegible. Gathered yoke in middle of the back. |
Dimensions |
W-17.5 L-55.5 inches |
Year Range From |
1921 |
Year Range To |
1943 |
Place Of Origin |
Denmark |
Owned By |
Jorgensen, Reverend Ottar |
Used By |
Jorgensen, Reverend Ottar |
Material |
wool/satin/linen |
Associated People |
Jorgensen, Reverend Ottar |
Search Terms |
Jorgensen, Reverend Ottar Minneapolis, Minnesota Cedar Falls, Iowa Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County Hennepin County Chicago, Illinois Kimballton, Iowa Shelby County Copenhagen, Denmark ordination robe clerical Danish American Ladies Aid Society St. Peders Bethlehem St. Ansgar Trinity |
Provenance |
This robe and a collar (1985.076.002a) were given to the donor by the Danish American Ladies Aid Society of Copenhagen, Denmark for his ordination July 31, 1921, in Kimballton, Iowa. The donor used this robe exclusively until 1943, when other, American-made robes came into general use. The donor, Reverend Ottar Jorgensen, was an active minister for 42 years. He first served at St. Peders in Minneapolis, MN from 1921-1926. Following that, he served two churches at the same time: Bethlehem in Cedar Falls, IA from 1926-1943, and St. Ansgar in Waterloo, IA, from 1926-1941. He next served Trinity in Chicago from 1943-1946 before returning to St. Peders in Minneapolis from 1946 to his retirment in 1963, The donor's father, Jens Jorgensen, was a pastor in Kimballton, Iowa. |
Images |
004\1985076003.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
06/1985 |