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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1970.502.01
Date:
circa 1812
Description:
Dress, small child's, fine white cotton muslin dress. Narrow gathered top with square neck with drawstring. Skirt gathered into narrow waistband, two sets of four tucks at bottom with embroidered trailing leaf and net, round inserts between. Bottom scalloped embroidered with crescent net inserts. Full sleeves with same embroidery.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Provenance:
Tag on dress reads, "made by Fanny Kimball, b. 1792."
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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