Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1966.521
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1870-1875
- Description:
- Dress. Originally made in two pieces, now sewn together. Long fitted bodice, boned, gray silk/satin and brocade embroidered with pink rosebuds and green leaves, trimmed with plum color ribbed taffeta piped with gray satin down both sides of front and at bottom of sleeves. Lined with light blue silk/sateen twill lining. Panelled skirt, draped to sides underskirt of the plum taffeta piping and pleating. Long train, gray satin and lace. Pleated under ruffles. Gray and tan satin bow trimming. Lined with polished cotton and stiffening. Blue silk and red chenille and bead trim. Stiffener and organdy in hem. Shattered ruching. Maker's label: "Miss C. Lorden, 160 Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ills."
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Satin - Provenance:
- Maker's label: "Miss C. Lorden, 160 Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ills."
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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