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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Older girl’s dress made of printed wool cotton-warp delaine. Peach ground with small sprays of red and blue-green flowers alternating with tiny squares. Bodice and sleeves lined with white cotton. Bones removed from front and sides; hooks and eyes removed from back opening. The bodice pleated into a shallow yoke in front, converging somewhat at the center front waist. Full skirt cartridge pleated onto piped waistband. Short sleeves formed into 2 horizontal puffs upon the lining.

G2008.050

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Cotton - Delaine

Cotton

White

1845 - 1855

American

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