Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1975.034.04.82

Description:

Dress. Pink cotton linen with black satin ribbon. Short puffed sleeves. V-neck in front, trimmed with 5/8" ribbon. Second row of ribbon 1" away in back plunges to waist in front. Gathered skirt has one bone hoop to hold it out. Three 2" ruffles decorate lower skirt at 3" intervals.

Material:

Textile
Linen

Dimensions:

L-38.5 inches

Provenance:

Clothing from the donor's family, her grandparents were Lucius Deforest Smith (1851-1903) and Estelle Malvina Blodgett (1855-1944). The Smith and Blodgett families lived in mainly in Stafford, CT in the 19th century. The donor moved to Concord c. 1928 when her father Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson, was appointed pastor of the West Congregational Church.

Credit Line:

Gift of Alice Thompson Powell

People:

Smith, Blodgett, Powell, Alice Thompson (1912-2004)