Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1995.008.01
- Creator:
- Probably Lucy Tryphena Mansfield
- Place of Origin:
- probably Penacook, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1850
- Description:
- Dress, cotton, plaid, believed to have been worn by Lucy Tryphena Mansfield (1822-1857), mill girl in Penacook, NH. Green and brown plaid wool challis, plainweave; long sleeves, long skirt. Bodice and sleeves lined with tan cotton twill. Round neck, 17 brass hook & eye front closure. Six white glass buttons (additional 1 or 2 buttons missing) down center front of bodice. Two black velvet stripes around wrists, 1 white glass button wrist closure. Floor-length skirt, hem lined with blue cotton muslin. Adult woman’s size.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Brass
Glass
Velvet - Provenance:
- Believed to have been worn by Lucy Tryphena Mansfield, a mill girl from Penacook, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan
- People:
- Mansfield, Lucy (1822-1857)
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