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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1959.053.01
Date:
1855-1865
Description:
Dress. Worn by Susan M. Calef (1841-1910). Black silk taffeta "best dress" with cotton twill in bodice lining and glazed cotton linng in skirt. Very full skirt gathered at waist. Covered buttons on front opening. Mostly all original. Strange flap of taffeta in bodice under button side.
Material:
Textile
Silk
Cotton
Provenance:
Best dress of Susan M. Calef (1841-1910), mother of donor, who married Joseph H. Fellows, June 16, 1867, at Methodist Hill, Plainfield, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary F. Cole
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