Catherine was the daughter of a prominent attorney in Washington, DC. She met Austrian diplomat Alfred von Hohenlohe Schillingshurst and they married in Washington in 1916. He had been forbidden to marry her. They came back to the USA in 1920. She died in Vienna in 1929.
This photo shows style before the war. If the photo was taken in the USA, war time did not begin until 1917. Her dress is a sleek column, She wears a diaphanous cape or wrap to complete her dress.
Keywords: straight coiffure, hair jewelry, scoop neckline, quarter length close sleeves, no waistline, tight skirt, necklace, bracelets, wrap