Dress, Night
- Object Name:
- Dress, Night
- Object ID:
- 2024.037.03
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Night dress or undergarment, white cotton with a ruffled collar. The night dress is marked "HO 6" in red thread.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-45 W-33 inches
- Provenance:
- Night Dress descended in the family of Harriet Osborne Rolfe (1824-1909). Harriet Osborne and William Rolfe married on August 10, 1854 at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge, England and departed for New York on October 16, 1854 aboard the clipper ship Ocean Queen. The couple subsequently moved north to Colebrook, NH, where they would spend the rest of their lives. The night dress is marked "HO 6" for Harriet Osborne, prior to her 1854 wedding to William Rolfe.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Banister Family
- People:
- Rolfe, Harriet (1824-1909)
- Subjects:
- Night, Nightclothes, Nightgowns, Sleeping
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