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Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1835-1845

GUSN

GUSN-15092

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
stitching
Dress
Dress

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5994

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