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Pinafore

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Rich emerald green shot silk taffeta pinafore. This is remade from an adult dress. Smooth bodice with a peak in low center front neckline. Sweeping up into widely set; narrow shoulder straps. A center back closure with domed self-buttons. Round waistline. Widely flaring, gored skirt, 5 panels. Widely scalloped hemline finished with an applied frill; top and bottom edges with scallops. The neckline finished with a narrower version of the same. Bodice lined with tan cotton, skirt with green glazed cotton.

G98.092

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Taffeta

Glazed Cotton

Green

1865

American

Northeast

North America

2022.35.0139

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