Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1973.034.18
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Dress (a). Medium brown with white flowers, semi-transparent cotton (Swiss muslin); with fairly full shirt, an inch waistband, a semi-fitted bodice and full sleeves. The skirt is in two sections with a seam and ruffle approximately half way down the skirt. Skirt is gathered at the waistband mostly in the front and it is also gathered at the 1/2 way seam. The bodice is gathered at the center front and back of the waistband. The full sleeves are set slightly off the shoulder with a ruffle slightly further down and end with a ruffle at wrist. The bodice is lined with a stiff white cotton. (b) The shawl of the same material is more of a collar gathered at the neck with ruffles along the edge. Cotton muslin lining. Fabric structure is lawn.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Handed down in donor's family.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs.Robert H. Lewis
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