1855-1860
GUSN-37074
Child's dress, pink-check with black velvet trim on capped sleeves, waistband, and hem; Broad neckline; Skirt is gathered all the way around at waistband; Seven pearl shank buttons at center back.
dresses (garments)
silk (textile)
checker pattern
Dress
Dress
Handwritten note sewn into lining of hem: ""Pink silk worn by daughter of C.H. and H.E. Cummings about 1862-3 perhaps earlier.""
Unknown
Gift of the Misses Cummings
1934.1747
Massachusetts (United States)
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