Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1970.003.08
- Date:
- circa 1846
- Description:
- Dress, baby's. Fine white cotton, with long, narrow bodice with small square neck, corded with tape. Drawstring at neck and two at waistband. Embroidered edging. Embroidered, hemstitched insertion, and two rows edging on sleeves. Embroidered waistband. Long plain skirt with narrow, scalloped edging. Seems handsewn.
- 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
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