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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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