Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1999.041.12
- Creator:
- Yeaton, Ethel. F. Otis
- Place of Origin:
- Deering, NH
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Dress, girl's. Linen with cream color embroidery. Scalloped edges on collar, sleeves, and bottom. Floral embroidery around neck and along front. Eyelet embroidery around sleeves. Back opening. ~24" high.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-24 inches
- Provenance:
- This dress is part of a set of identical outfits, made for 3-year-old twins Hazel and Bertha Yeaton (b. 1915, Deering, NH) by their mother Ethel F. Otis Yeaton. Ethel's family was from New Bedford, MA. Ethel married Mr. Yeaton in 1914. Mr. Yeaton died in 1915, before the birth of his twin daughters. Photograph shows the donors wearing the identical outfits, c. 1918, at age 3.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Hazel and Bertha Yeaton
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