Pinafore
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Rich emerald green shot silk taffeta pinafore. This is remade from an adult dress. Smooth bodice with a peak in low center front neckline. Sweeping up into widely set; narrow shoulder straps. A center back closure with domed self-buttons. Round waistline. Widely flaring, gored skirt, 5 panels. Widely scalloped hemline finished with an applied frill; top and bottom edges with scallops. The neckline finished with a narrower version of the same. Bodice lined with tan cotton, skirt with green glazed cotton.
G98.092
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Child, Female
Historic Costume
Dress
Female
Taffeta
Glazed Cotton
Green
1865
American
Northeast
North America
2022.35.0139