Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1958.090.07
- Creator:
- Monmouth, Sarah E. (1829-1887)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH
- Date:
- 1865-1870
- Description:
- Dress. Brown (faded) mosquito netting, lined with self material to enclose decorations of wallpaper. Front opening. From the waist, the skirt is made in two ruffles, both decorated with floral paper cut-outs, and a 2.5" stripe of wallpaper border at hem and where the two ruffles join. (See catalog card for further description).
- Material:
- Textile
Paper - Dimensions:
- W-24 L-55 inches
- Provenance:
- Objects related to author, artist, and lay preacher Sarah Elizabeth (Harper) Monmouth (1829-1887) during her life at the "Worsted Church," Canterbury, NH. The objects were collected by Alida May (Cogswell) True Dickerman Hodges (1873-1940), who became interested in the history and preservation of the church and whose grandfather, Abel Cogswell (1794-1868) was a founder and elder of the church. The collection was preserved and donated by her daughter Doris (True) Davis (1901-1991).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Doris True Davis
- Subjects:
- Flowers
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