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Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Dress made of very fine challis - wool / silk blend. White printed with oak leaf sprigs. Pale blue silk piping. Huge Gigot sleeves. V-shaped waistline with bretelles. Central panel down skirt front with self rosettes every 7-8”. Rare example of toby printing- probably hand block printed on English challis.
G87.114
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Dress
Female
Challis
Silk
White
1837
American
New York
United States of America
North America