Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1998.024.05.1
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1850-1855
- Description:
- Dress. Cotton, printed lawn with yellow dot pattern. Trim and flounce of same fabric with yellow floral print. Nine hook and eye front closure. Round neck, shoulder caps, bell-shaped mid-length sleeves. Skirt lined with plain lawn, petticoat. Bodice lined with cotton muslin. Few holes and spots. Approx. 53" long, 22" waist. Typewritten note pinned to dress (removed to accession folder), "Yellow figured muslin, patterned flounce, given to Mrs. W.G. Perry by her uncle Levi Bartlett.".
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-53 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Mrs. Perry, Exeter, NH. Typewritten note pinned to dress (removed to accession folder) "Yellow figured muslin, patterned flounce, given to Mrs. W. G. Perry by her uncle Levi Bartlett."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Henry B. Shepard, Jr., Anne S. Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard
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