Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 2024.037.04
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1890 - 1899
- Description:
- Dress. Silk satin dress, 1890s, possibly made by Emma Rolfe, daughter of Harriet Osborn Rolfe, Colebrook, NH. The two part dress has embroidered flowers on the bodice.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-60 W-36 inches
- Provenance:
- 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 dress was possibly made by Harriet Osborn Rolfe's daughter, Emma Rolfe, who was a dressmaker in Colebrook, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Banister Family
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