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Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Machine-stitched child’s dress made of white percale. V-inset in bodice has Ayrshire work with a little medallion centered with needle lace. Short, straight sleeves with tiers of embroidered edging. Cased waistband of insertion, presently a narrow ivory silk ribbon runs through it. Drawstring in neckline. Six narrow tucks above deep hem which is finished with 2” embroidered edging of broderie anglaise with a design of circles with simple needle-lace filling.
G2003.029
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Youth
Historic Costume
Dress
Unisex
Percale
White
1855 - 1870
Everyday