White; neck and short sleeves trimmed with eyelet ruffle; pointed yoke with same ruffle and featherstitching extends to shoulder and back; smocked front with eyelet at side and back; drawstring neck and waist; hem has three bands of featherstitching alternating with two pairs of three narrow tucks.
dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
stitching
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Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5994
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