Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1966.019.24
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Dress. Two-piece pink silk brocade ball dress. a) Bodice fitted and boned pointed front and back, trimmed with pink tulle and grosgrain ribbon bow and streamers at back. Short sleeves, shirred vertically, bead and tulle trim. b) Long skirt, very full at back. Tulle ruffle attached with beading at bottom. Lined with white cotton sateen. Stiffening and ribbon. Same trims, chiffon flounce--hem tape. c) High collar, tulle over brocade.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Said to have been worn at important NH governor functions, turn of the century. Donor's grandmother, Milford, NH. "Dunn" pinned to interior.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothy B. Dunn
- People:
- Barber, Fostina M. (1851-1935)
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