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Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Fine cotton dress for toddler or young child. Machine and hand-sewn stitches throughout. Appears home made. Yoke front across, shoulders, and back. CB closure of MOP buttons (3). Yoke, sleeve cuffs, and across hem have machine lace insertion tapes, with flanking rows of faggoting with white cotton thread. Full sleeves.
2024.08.002
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Child, Female
Child, Male
Historic Costume
Dress
Unisex
Cotton
White
circa 1870 - 1900