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Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Boy’s dress made of thin peach wool. Flat plain bodice. Short sleeves; one opens at shoulder with no fasteners. Evidence of pinning in the cotton lining. Bottom and neckline edges are scalloped. Short skirt attached in box pleats. Embroidered grapevine border above deep hem in golden yellow silk.
G2003.034
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Child, Male
Historic Costume
Dress
Male
Wool
Cotton
Orange
1855 - 1860