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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched child’s dress made of brown cotton voile with small white resist or discharge bud and twig pattern. Short wide sleeves trimmed with self-frills. Short, full skirt gathered into the piped waist seam. Gathers on the base of the center front bodice which has a fairly wide scoop neckline. Back opening. Seems to be for a boy because of the very short skirt.

G85.744

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Male

Historic Costume

Dress

Male

Cotton

Brown

1845 - 1850

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