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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Mostly hand stitched girl’s tunic / dress made of a cotton and silk blend. Dress (a) - very full body gathered into yoke band circling the shoulders around the wide, open neckline. Gathered into a dropped waistband. Short, full skirt with deep hem. Back opening. The yoke has simple white silk featherstitched interlocking ring pattern embroidered all the way around. Cap dolman sleeves trimmed with narrow matching embroidered band. Guimpe (b) - mostly hand-stitched, with large pattern machine-laced lace layer where it shows above the neckline, neck trimmed with lace frill; long, full sleeves with band cuffs embroidered to match the yoke. Gathered into an applied band at the waist, leaving a half inch frill showing below.

G2009.044ab

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Dress

Female

Silk

White

1912 - 1913

American

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