Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1970.003.06

Date:

circa 1847

Description:

Dress, baby's. Underdress? Long white cotton (yellowed). Narrow bodice with square neck with gathering tape, set in sleeves with pointed edging of the cotton, simulating rickrack. Gathering tape at waist. Long skirt with row of pointed edgings down sides at front with two sets of six narrow tucks and two row of the edging.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Provenance:

From the family of Abel Goodrich and Susan Walker Farwell of Boston. See family portraits of father, mother, and two children, Clara and Charles.

Dress probably worn by Clara (1846-1847) or Charles (1849-1850).

Credit Line:

Gift of the Heirs of Lora Standish Weston

People:

Farwell, Charles, Farwell, Clara