Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1967.027.12
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Dress. Made of green shot silk. Skirt fashioned with gores and pleats, has narrow tape suspenders. Bodice has one sleeve missing, is lined with natural linen. Fashioned with very narrow bodice and quite full, short puffed sleeves. Appears to have been taken apart and begun to be made larger. Originally had two tucks in skirt, now has three.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Provenance:
- Green silk dress belonged to Jane Walker who married Josiah Gordon in 1792. She was a daughter of Robert Walker. She is said to have raised flax and spun it into thread which she carried on horseback to Boston and then sold. With the proceeds of the sale of the thread, she is thought to have bought the silk for this dress. Information from the donor. From Bedford, NH. Jane married Josiah Gordon in 1792.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Charlotte E. Woodbury
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