White/sheer; "V" style bodice - bands of eyelet circles alternate with meandering bands of soutache; eyelet neck, waist, and double-tiered sleeves; ruffle extends toward back; drawstring neck and waist; two covered buttons; seven tucks at hem.
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Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
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Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5793
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