Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1968.015.70
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Dress. White silk mull dress, gauze and leno weave. Fitted bodice with shirred pointed front, round neck, opened at back. Short sleeves, three bands of ribbon and lace under ruffle. Full skirt, two wide ruffles with one band of silk ribbon around bottom. Pipe at waistline. Dress made in style of c. 1850.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Provenance:
- Dress worn by Nancy Stinson Safford of Dunbarton, NH, at the reception and ball in honor of General Lafayette on June 22, 1825. (ancestor of donor)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth W. Higgins
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