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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1964.006.05
Date:
circa 1855
Description:
Dress. Black silk taffeta dress, fitted and boned bodice, buttoned down front, small stand-up collar, black silk fringe to form shawl collar and down front. Drop-shoulder, plain sleeve with diagonal band of fringe. Lined with tan cotton trill. Full, pleated skirt lined with brown copperplate. Narrow white hamburg collar added. Crocheted ball buttons and eyelet at collar.
Material:
Textile
Silk
Skeletal
Cotton
Credit Line:
Gift of Alexis Chapman Proctor
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