Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1966.019.21 a-b

Date:

circa 1890

Description:

Dress. Two-piece black embroidered marquisette silk over black taffeta dress. a) Bodice boned and fitted, low, shoulder neck, 3/4 sleeves, trimmed with wide band of black sequins and bead on net around neck and bottom and on bottom of sleeves with ruffle of plain black tulle. Lined upper half black taffeta, bottom half white cotton muslin. b) Skirt full at back, sequin trim down front and at bottom with plain tulle ruffle. Lining of taffeta with ruffle. Jet trim. Twill tape waistband.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton

Provenance:

From donor: "Handed down to me are some lovely old gowns and some documents which came from my grandmother [Fostina M. Dodge Barber b. 1851].... The gowns date back to the turn of the century when John McLean was governor of New Hampshire [1905-1907]. My grandfather, Henry H. Barber of Milford, was a personal friend of the governor, and I have always understood that some of these gowns were worn at important state functions of the era."

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy B. Dunn

People:

Barber, Fostina M. (1851-1935)