Title
Dress
Date
circa 1865
Description
A silk dress with bell sleeves and button closures down center front. Made of a gray, black, and ivory plaid fabric with blue panels at sleeve ends and bodice/center front. Blue panels are bordered by a matching blue trim. Shirt is gathered into cartridge pleats below piping. Blue fabric buttons are fastened by a blue cord loop/ Bodice is lined with a brown twill fabric, white skirt is lined with a tan plain weave (glazed) fabric. B is a matching blue rope with tassles, perhaps intended as a belt.
Medium
Silk
Extent
16 in.
Identifier
2011.3.14 AB
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