Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1966.019.25
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Dress. Two-piece black taffeta dress. Bodice opened down front, trimmed with white openwork braid over green and black braid. Flat collar. Three-fourth sleeves, gathered at shoulder, trimmed with braid. Lined with white satin (poor condition). Long skirt, tucked at top. Fullness at back. Trimmed with braid and horizontal tucks at bottom. Taffeta lining with ruffle.
- Material:
- Textile
- 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)
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