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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1984.078.01
Date:
1876-1877
Description:
Dress, olive-green Quaker dress. Patterned after similar dress dating 1795-1872 to wear at a costume party. Silk taffeta. Cotton twill lining in bodice, cotton gauze sleeve trim and glaze cotton skirt hem lining.
Material:
Textile
Silk
Cotton
Provenance:
Dress patterned after one belonging to Harriet Smith Aldrich (1795-1872). Made for Amy Chase by Armenia S. White to wear to a costume party at the Opera House, in 1876 or 1877.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel E. White
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