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Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched older girl’s dress made of printed cotton (3-color cylinder machine with a linear coral-like branch in red and one in black over a lavender blotchy machine ground). Pointed high waist with bust drapery shirred at center front waistline and at shoulders. High round neckline. Back hook and loop closure. Large gigot sleeves shirred at top, above a self frill. Skirt attached to muslin waistband attached inside muslin-lined bodice; smooth across front; pocket on right side. Unlined.

G2005.087

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Female

Historic Costume

Dress

Female

Cotton

Green

Pink

1838 - 1840

American

Pennsylvania

United States of America

North America

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