Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1994.057.07 a-b

Place of Origin:

Hebron NH

Date:

1890-1910

Description:

Dress, two-piece. Blue and white printed silk. Bodice has square yolk of white lace, outlined with blue and white silk rouche. There are two black velvet ribbons on each shoulder extending vertically from front over the shoulder to the back. Sleeves are 3/4 length and puffed with cuffs of white lace and 2 black velvet ribbons encircling the cuff. Bodice is a few inches longer in the front and rounded, back is straight at the waist. There are flat pleats on both the front and back. Back closure of metal hooks and eyes. Both machine and hand stitched. Holes in front, left cuff torn. Skirt has back closure of 2 metal hooks and eyes (1 eye missing) and one snap. There are also 2 eyes to right of closure on waistband. Skirt flares, 2 seams in front, gore in back. Ruching around skirt about 2/3 of the way down with interrupted bands of vertical knife pleats. Blue satin hem tape and blue cotton liner at waistband. Machine and hand stitched. Holes. May have been let out at waist.

a--Bodice
b--Skirt

Material:

Textile
Silk
Velvet
Metal
Cotton

Dimensions:

L-38.5 inches

Provenance:

All of the clothing in this accession (1994.57.1-.16) comes from the donor's family's farm in Hebron, NH. She believes that this material was worn by her grandmother and her grand aunts. Her grandmother was Elizabeth Graves Walker Keyes (1860-1943). The clothing came out of an attic with no light at the Hebron farm.

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva Geraghty

People:

Keyes, Elizabeth G. (1860-1943)