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Child's Dress

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1877

GUSN

GUSN-15451

Description

White cottton dress made from horizontally ribbed piqué decorated with white soutache around neckline, sleeves and hem; scalloped sleeves and hem. Closure with ten pearl buttons at back; princess seams.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
piqué
Dress
Dress

Inscription

Handwritten note at hem: ""These boy's dresses made by Mary E. Canfield Chace about 1877.""

Maker

Chace, Mary E. Canfield (Maker)

Credit Line

Gift of Frances L. Chace

Accession Number

1930.1001

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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