Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1967.010.32
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Three-piece dress. Bright green taffeta, long-sleeved bodice, short-sleeved bodice and skirt. Long-sleeved bodice, fitted, two bones at front, opened down front, crocheted buttons. Short peplum at front, longer either side of back and shorter, pleated center. Sleeves stitched twice down center and puffed. Fine embroidered net lace, on sleeves and neck. Lined with white cotton twill. Short bodice, fitted, two bones at front. Very short puffed sleeves, pinked, scalloped ruffle with bias, folded band in center, around off-shoulder neck. Lined with polished white cotton. Long skirt, gored front with pocket. Gathered full back for bustled. Two ruffles at bottom. Lined with white polished cotton.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Skeletal - Provenance:
- Belonged to Julia Hilliard (Wallingford) Cartland (1850-1894), who married Charles Sumner Cartland (1851-1938) of Dover, NH. The donors were their daughters.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison
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