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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1975.067.48
Date:
circa 1875
Description:
Housedress. Wool red paisley print challis. Gathered at back. Crocheted buttons over wood. Strip of lace at neck. Gathered at shoulders. Full length sleeves. Lined in brown glazed cotton. Hem tape. Ruching at neck.
Material:
Textile
Wool
Wood
Cotton
Provenance:
A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).

Items from J. Wall Wilson of NY--had a summer home in Bristol, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
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