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White cotton w/ woven stripes; printed w/ pink/purple daisies w/ background of aubergine dots & dashes; wide cotton voile collar w/ ecru lace inserted around collar; long sleeves w/ turned back cuffs matching collar; tucks at shoulders; 2 horizontal tucks on bodice, 3 on skirt. Self sash w/ boning & hook & eye at back; snaps & hook & eye closure on left side; mother of pearl buttons at center front of bodice & cuffs; ankle length.
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cotton (textile)
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1. Handwritten card: ""Given me by my ___? Susy Bacon."" 2. Snaps are stamped w/: ""K/ I/ N/ *""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6912
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