Skirt
- Object Name:
- Skirt
- Object ID:
- 1959.068.023
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Skirt. Cream color cotton and wool moire (also interpreted as plain weave linen with coarse weft), gored skirt. Muslin waistband. Black velvet band above box-pleated ruffle, edged with black velvet. Plain front, back has two extra box-pleated ruffles topped and edged with black velvet ribbon. Bottom of skirt bound with narrow black silk braid.
- Material:
- Textile
Velvet
Wool
Cotton - Provenance:
- From Burpee House attic, New London, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Susan Colgate Cleveland
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