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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1968.015.40
Date:
circa 1835
Description:
Dress or smock, boy's. Brown cotton with short, puffed sleeves,cording, hand sewn. Tight bodice with horizontal cording across front, wide at neck, tapering to waistline, with covered buttons down sides and edges with cording. Same at back, except opens down back and button trim down opening. Square neck, short puffed sleeves, belt all trimmed with the cording. Shirt of plisse-type to be worn over underskirt, open at front, rounded corners, two rows of cording all around edge.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Dimensions:
L-23.5 inches
Credit Line:
Gift of Ruth W. Higgins
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