Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1965.047.02
- Place of Origin:
- Fitchburg, MA
- Date:
- 1831
- Description:
- Dress, baby's. Fine white cotton. Two rows of shirring down front of top and on short sleeves. Hemstitched insertion down front, around waist and on sleeves with two rows of pale blue ribbon. Embroidered trimming on top, around neck and at bottom of long, full skirt with five rows of tucks.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Label sewn onto guimpe: "Made by Southworth's great aunt (Mrs. Nathl. B. Shurtleff) for her son Nathaniel (who was afterward killed in the War of the Rebellion) and by her given to Southworth in 1885 when it was about 60 years old." Mrs. Shurtleff lived in Boston.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sayre
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