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Dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-5729

Description

Sheer white; bodice gathered into "V" onto smocked waist stitched in front only with ties hanging free; eyelet at neck and capped sleeves; narrow waistband; drawstring neck and waist; four narrow tucks enclosed by two wide tucks at hem.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
stitching
Dress
Dress

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5807

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