Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1969.011.01

Date:

1855-1860

Description:

Dress. Two-toned brown striped silk taffeta bodice and skirt. a) Bodice fitted and boned, buttoned down front, drop-shoulder sleeves wide and flaring, trimmed with brown and black scalloped braid. Lined with tan cotton twill. b) Full skirt shirred onto belt; lined with brown polished cotton. Hem tape. Fringe trim; sleeves line with glazed cotton. (Skirt has been altered. Two pieces of material have been taken from skirt.)

Material:

Textile
Silk
Skeletal
Cotton

Provenance:

Dress belonged to Sally Worthly, who married Samuel Adams. Sally was grandmother of donor.

Credit Line:

Gift of Medora Pettingill

People:

Worthly, Sally, Adams, Samuel