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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Girl’s dress, tiny brown milled print entirely hand-stitched cotton printed with densely spaced, tiny spiderlike milled design, now golden tan but probably once dark brown, given the remaining sample near CF. High wide bound neckline, long sleeves with fullness pleated at top, slit at bottom with bound edges for a tiny wrist. Somewhat high waistline piped; smooth bodice with piping up center; hook and eye closure in back. Longish skirt attached with small pleats all around, one narrow tuck, one removed. Deep hem faced with sturdy white cotton.

G99.011

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Cotton

1825 - 1830

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