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Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand stitched printed white cotton dress. Print design of clustered red, aqua and lavender geometric flowers outlined heavily in black on a lavender seaweed ground. Stomacher front with soft cotton drawstring and long sleeves with slight fullness at the top and piped openings. 3” rows of stitching at front and back of sleeve near armscyes helps the fullness of sleeves. Bodice is lined with white cotton. Bodice front accented with pair of folded bias bands. Skirt is narrow and unlined.
G2000.081
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Dress
Female
Cotton
Cotton
Multi
printed cotton
1825
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
American
hand stitched
cotton
stomacher
dress