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Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-48711

Description

Long; white; neckline and yoke, cuffs and hem trimmed with tatting; dress gathered at yoke; long sleeves; three bands of narrow tucks at hem; drawstring closure at neckline.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
stitching
tatting (process)
Dress
Dress

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Drusilla Dallman Davis

Accession Number

1972.11

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