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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