Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1971.009.02
- Date:
- 1865-1870
- Description:
- Dress; three piece tan and white horizontal silk and wool with a) long bodice with c) peplum skirt with pleated ruffle, bound and trimmed with brown silk; buttoned down front. Underskirt lined with glazed cotton. Plain weave with satin design. Drop-shoulder, long sleeves with same pleated trim, also narrow turn-back collar. Collar piped with taffeta ribbon. Lined with heavy tan cotton-sateen; fitted. b) Long skirt with same taffeta ruffle trim, full panels on sides with large pocket on right side, piped and trimmed with brown ribbon. (c) Underskirt of thin polished cotton with very wide hem of the silk material and stiffening.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Wool
Cotton - Provenance:
- From the family of donor, who lived in Weare, NH, in 1863 and later in Riverdale, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Col. and Mrs W. L. Simons
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