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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched brown silk with finely checked pattern. Bodice gathers and lined with white cotton. Skirt is whipped and lined with brown cotton. 3 Rows of 4” frills decorate the skirt with brown ribbon on hem. Open back with hooks. Short double puffy sleeves edged with short brown silk fringe. Blue tie-on pocket with a wave-like pattern and a embroidered image of a dog at rest.

G90.239

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Silk

Embroidered

Cotton

Brown

Olive

Blue

1855 - 1865

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