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1885
GUSN-7246
Wrapper/dress for indoor/informal wear, made from cream-colored cotton printed with red, tan and brown triangles forming rows; band collar; loose front; center placket with twenty-two shell buttons; long sleeves; boned darts in front, princess seams in back; skirt gathered in back; bodice lined with white glazed twill with hook and eye closure center front; pocket at right; hem faced with tan wool tape; flounce attached over hem.
wrappers (garments)
cotton (textile)
shell (animal material)
twill
geometric patterns
shell (animal material)
Dress
Dress
Written in pencil on bodice lining: ""Made 1885 / for / Julia F. Fuller"".
Unknown
Estate of Elinor C. Larson
1992.278
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