Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1965.025.01
- Date:
- 1845-1850
- Description:
- Dress. Black and brown brocaded silk gown fashioned with full gathered skirt, close fitting bodice with sleeved puffed at shoulders and flared as wrists. Embroidered damask. Sleeves decorated at wrists with black fringe. Dress probably had lace collar. Bodice and skirt lined with glazed cotton (two colors).
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Gown of Sarah Tilton (1819-1882), who married Charles Minot on May 11, 1841. Her daughter, Anne Minot (1860-1951), married Harry H. Dudley. Anne M. Dudley was the mother of Thomas M. Dudley. Information from donor, family tradition, and Bible records.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothy G. Dudley
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