Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1971.502.02
- Date:
- circa 1875
- Description:
- Dress; two-piece silk taffeta grey (taupe), fitted and boned bodice, pleated peplum at back. Opened down front, 7 rows folded material down fronts and around neck, standing collar with pleated edging. Opened at front, 28 button-holes, bone buttons with metal decoration (some missing). Lined with tan cotton. Skirt with shirred front, edged with folds, shirred and corded at sides of back. Box pleats with folded, pleated, diamond points, band above accordion-pleated ruffle at hem. Full back for bustle. Lined with tweed wool. Stiffener at skirt hem and tape.
- Material:
- Textile
Skeletal
Metal
Silk
Cotton - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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