Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1971.010

Date:

1897

Description:

Dress, Child's - Blue and gold changeable silk dress, waist gathered front and back into waistband, elbow sleeves, wide round neck with deep blue velvet collar trimmed with ecru, scalloped braid. Same trim on cuffs. Blue velvet belt with rosette. Flaring, gored skirt, fullness at back, velvet band inside hem. Lined with tan cotton.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton
Velvet

Provenance:

This dress was made from the wedding dress of Lucy Ann Quimby who married Charles Barton Osborne. Their daughter, Arabelle, who married Collins, made it over for her daughter, Elinor in 1897, when she was 7 years old. Elinor Collins was the mother of the donor, Margaret Sawyer.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Lloyd V. Sawyer and Mrs. John W. Durgin

Subjects:

Clothing & dress, Children's clothing & dress