White/yellowed; sheer; "V" style top with bands of eyelet alternating with shirred bands with white soutache; eyelet ruffle extends toward back; capped sleeves and neckline trimmed with eyelet; drawstring neck and eyelet waistband, with two covered buttons; eight tucks at hem.
dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
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Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5809
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