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Child's dress

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1886

GUSN

GUSN-30856

Description

Child's dress, blue with red trim; Long sleeves; high neck; yoke with shirred bodice; smocked waistline; Shank buttons with wolf motif; Two tiered ruffled skirt; Red trim on yoke, cuffs and ruffles. Dress made for donor as a young girl by her mother.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
wool (textile)
Dress
Boys' Clothing
Hand Stitched
Dress

Maker

Trippe, Lydia A. (Maker)

Accession Number

1926.194

Places

Rhode Island (United States)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

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