Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.029.18
- Place of Origin:
- Bradford, New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- Baccalaureate Dress of Eleanor Marshall, 1909. Light blue silk pongee dress, plain weave, coarse net lace yoke, collar and sleeves. Bands of embroidered net around yoke, armholes and waist. Gauze for sleeves. Pleats from shoulder to waist, front and back. Full, long gored skirt. Braid at hem. Tape on hem, silk tape trim. Waist lined. Cotton lining in bodice.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Note with dress: "Baccalaureate dress / Smith 1909 / Worn by Eleanor Marshall / Made by her mother, / Vilona L. Marshall, and / the village dressmaker in / Bradford, N.H. and friend / of the family, Mrs. Addie M. Presby."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eleanor Marshall
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