Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1975.034.04.22 a-c

Date:

circa 1878

Description:

Dress, consisting of jacket (a), underskirt (b), and skirt (c). Textile. Jacket -- made to look like a jacket over a peek blouse but actually all in one. Jacket lapels faced and bound with silk taffeta. Eleven buttons down "blouse." Sleeves have a silk-bound cuff over 3" pleated cuff. 1 1/4" silk binding down jacket opening and hem. Silk cording at armholes. Underskirt -- brown cotton and gray silk. Two tiers of 1/2" pleats form lowest third of garment. Skirt -- Gray silk and bronze colored 3-knotted fringe. Back of skirt is pleated with a gather at knee level. Edged with 2" silk bias band. Front of skirt has 2" deep tacked tuck. 2" silk band with fringe mid-way between the tucks and hem. Silk twill, silk taffeta lining and cotton sateen lining , net ruching, fringe, heavy stiffener in skirt, which is lined with muslin.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Silk

Provenance:

May be from 1878 wedding suit of Estelle Malvina (Blodgett) Smith (1855-1943), grandmother of donor Alice Thompson Powell (1912-2004).

Credit Line:

Gift of Alice Thompson Powell

People:

Blodgett, Estelle M. (1855-1943), Powell, Alice Thompson (1912-2004)