Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1967.010.33
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Dress. Black cotton, striped, mousseline de Soie with embroidered buds in aqua and lighter blue. Bodice opened down front, aqua silk buttons, plain neck, drop shoulders with pointed cap at top of sleeve, full, plain sleeve, aqua ribbon trim at cap and wrist. Two small bones at front, lined with tan polished cotton. Long skirt, pleated to bodice in front, with cording. Full gathered back. Lawn and glaze cotton lining on bodice, skirt unlined. Machine embroidered. Silk taffeta trim.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Silk
Skeletal - Provenance:
- Belonged to family of donor's mother, Julia Wallingford Cartland, who married Charles Sumner Cartland, president of Strafford National Bank, Dover, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison
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