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Child's Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1832

GUSN

GUSN-13444

Description

Child's dress made of orange, green and blue woven check wool with puffed elbow-length sleeves set into a highwaisted bodice embellished by two additional triangular plackets with decorative buttons sewn into each side seam, forming curved faux buttoned seams on the bodice front. Back button hook and eye closure, with a small "tail" of puffed fabric attached to the center back of the dress at the waist, decorated with four decorative buttons.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
wool (textile)
Dress

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Robert B. Lundblad

Accession Number

1997.41

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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