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1840-1850
GUSN-45666
Roller printed purple floral on white ground; armseye falls below shoulder. Sleeves are smocked at shoulder and gathered into cuff with scalloped ruffle. Center front has same scalloped edge as cuff. Bodice has smocking above waist; skirt gathered onto bodice with cartridge pleats. Bodice lined with linen and boned at side; pocket on right side; hook & eye closure at front waist.
dressing gowns
stitching
linen (material)
printing (process)
rolling up
floral patterns
Gown, Dressing
Women's clothing
Linen
Cambric
Hand Stitched
Transfer Printed
Floral
Gown, Dressing
Handwritten label: ""Lilac cambric dress/and/white tucked undershirt/about 1850.""
Unknown
1955.M6
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