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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hand-stitched fine white cotton dress with medium-length straight sleeves with deep tuck. Wide straight neckline with fine drawstrings separately in front and back and shoulder straps. Inset waistband attached to long skirt with deep tuck. Inset band of sheer cotton with shadow embroidered leafy vine above the hem of skirt and sleeves, applied with chain stitch from backside with a similar effect on the waistband. Dotted lines outline the waistband, straps, and lines along tucks and hems.

G2000.017

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Youth

Historic Costume

Dress

Unisex

Cotton

White

1840 - 1850

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