Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1973.034.21
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Two piece dress. Gold skirt and bodice. Bodice is wool with a silk yoke and gold braid trim on sleeves, collar and bodice. The bodice is lined with white twill cotton. The bodice is tight with 14 stays to minimize the waist. It has a high collar and sleeves with puffed shoulders but tight from there to the wrist. The wool skirt has a woven wavy line design and is cut fairly straight with only gathering at the back to possibly allow for a small bustle. The skirt is lined with gold cotton. Lace trim over sleeves. Ruffle at skirt bottom and skirt lined with glazed cotton. Hem has a velvet band. Fabric is plain and satin weave.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Wool
Cotton - Provenance:
- Cora (Fiske) Dodge (b. 1873, m. 1895, d. 1950), donor's mother, wore this dress to sing in choir in New Boston.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs.Robert H. Lewis
- People:
- Dodge, Cora (1873-1950), Fiske, Cora
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