Red/pink, green and black (striped) and white silk plaid taffeta; Bodice (A) - high neckline; self piping; ruffle (extends to shoulder) from front to back trimmed with green and pink ribbon and green, black and pink fringe; same fringe on bell shaped sleeves and pointed waist; fourteen green and pink covered buttons (one button missing); boned; lined with glazed brown cotton and cotton twill; Skirt (B) - matching skirt has pleats all around waist; waistband lined with white glazed cotton; overlapped hook and eye closure at center back; pocket at right front; fully lined with brown glazed cotton.
bodices
skirts (garments)
cotton (textile)
glazing (coating)
silk (textile)
taffeta
Dress
Dress
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
1969.5469A-B
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5469AB
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