Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1988.110 a-c
- Place of Origin:
- Montpelier, VT
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Dress. Three-piece suit: bodice, belt, and skirt. Fabric brown/tan wool-cotton-hair and silk tweed weave, over two and under one, with brown velvet trim, fully lined with glaze cotton. Bodice (.1.A) has long sleeves, puffy shoulders, high neck. Remnants of lace cuffs present. Eight bodice stays present. Twenty brass hook & eye sets for front closure. Belt (.1.B) of same fabric, with matching 2.25" wide velvet. Attaches to bodice with hook and eye sets. Skirt (.2) floor length of matching fabric, with wool binding tape, velvet accent strips, and velvet-covered buttons at base. Side waist closure, three snaps. Adult woman's size. Object Register: 1988.110.1.A, Bodice; 1988.110.1.B, Belt; 1988.110.2, Skirt.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Silk
Cotton
Metal
Brass
Hair
Velvet - Provenance:
- Note with dress: "Worn by Alma Batchelder in the 1860s. Wife of Josiah Batchelder who fought in the Civil War."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Blanche Kling
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