Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1965.053.01
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Description:
- Dress. Sheer brown barred cotton (wool?) printed with white vines and leaves (Challis resist print). Fashioned with full skirt, pointed shirred bodice, dropped shoulders, short sleeves bordered with black lace. Detachable long white cotton undersleeves. Bodice and skirt lined with white cotton twill. Lace trim added later. Linen lining at hem 5".
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Note from donor: "The dresses were worn by my grandmother, Harriet Newell (Wells) Barney before she married in 1856."
Harriet Newell (Wells) Barney, b. Plymouth, NH, 10/20/1838, d. Canaan NH, 06/03/1909; married 11/03/1856 to Charles Barney, b. Orange, NH, 08/20/1818; d. Grafton, NH, 08/03/1887 - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ned B. Smith
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