Long; white; "V" panel with elaborate embroidery; capped sleeves with three ruffles and same elaborate embroidery; eyelet waistband; two deep tucks at hem; ruffle at neck; drawstring neckline.
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Handwritten note pinned at back neckline: ""Worn by Sarah Elizabeth Cummings born Dec. 22, 1852 Boston.""
Unknown
Gift of the Misses Cummings
1934.1701
Massachusetts (United States)
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