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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.

G95.097

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Muslin

Cotton

White

1813 - 1818

19th Century

Early 19th Century

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