Morning Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Morning dress of sheer white cotton muslin, tamboured with small foliate sprigs. Round neckline, bound with muslin; no shaping to front of bodice. Center back closure, with drawstrings at neckline and high waistline. Linen tape is sewn into waist seam and armscyes. Shoulder seams are finished inside. Skirt is gathered to bodice in back, is decorated with three groups of three tucks around the bottom, and has a muslin ruffle above the hem. Overlong sleeves, gathered to bands at the wrist which fasten with dorset thread buttons, and finished with ruffles. Hand sewn.
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Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Dress
Female
Muslin
Cotton
White
1813 - 1818
19th Century
Early 19th Century