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Dress Fragment

Date

1750-1790

GUSN

GUSN-11721

Description

Two horseshoe shaped dress elements, perhaps collars?

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
fragments
cloth
brocade (textile)
silk (textile)
weaving
floral patterns
Silk
Brocade
Woven
Floral
Women's Clothing
FRAGMENT, CLOTH

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1986.1110H,I

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 x 17 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.1110HI

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