1874-1876
GUSN-13327
White, sheer cotton; stiffened; Jacket (A) - wide (falling band) collar; collar, center front, hem, cuffs and patch pocket of pleated self-fabric ruching; princess seams; very full; 4 covered white buttons neck to waist; open below waist; long sleeves. Skirt (B) - matching skirt - cartridge pleats all around with extra fullness at center back; wide band of pleated ruching at hem; hook and eye at waist.
wrappers (garments)
petticoats (underskirts)
cotton (textile)
stitching
Dress
Sack
Sack
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
1969.6227A-B
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6227AB
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