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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

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