Child's Dress

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-5721

Description

White, woven diamond pattern; boat neck and short sleeves trimmed with eyelet and piping; top-stitched onto box-pleated skirt; trimmed with soutache-like tape; military-like design trim; several small, domed, covered buttons; front closure of loops and flat buttons.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
dimity
stitching
Dress
Dress

Inscription

Oval shape printed label sewn inside bodice neck: ""CAPPER & MOON MANUFACTURERS, 164 REGENT ST. LONDON""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Capper & Moon Manufacturers (Maker)

Location of Origin

London, England

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5680

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