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Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1880

GUSN

GUSN-53145

Description

Dress made from white-colored cotton, constructed with yoke bands of eyelet alternating with band of narrow tucks; long sleeves with turned back cuffs decorated in the same pattern as yoke; neckline, yoke and cuffs trimmed with scallop-edged eyelet; hem has two bands of tucks with band of embroidery of leaves and circles of openwork; Closure with three pearl buttons.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
Dress
Children's clothing
Cotton
Eyelet
Hand Stitched
Embroidered
Women's Clothing
Dress

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1942.767

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