Dress
Date1870-1874
Location where usedWindsor, Vermont, United States
MediumTextile
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Louisa Wardner Smith
Object number1960.12.2A-B
DescriptionSkirt of yellow/green striped silk taffeta in combination with green silk taffeta. Blue-green silk taffeta pleated trim around hem. Center front panel of green taffeta with five rows of matching pleats across lower half. Side front panels of striped taffeta, side back panels of green. Center back is draped of striped silk and extends into slight train. A pleated half bow of green silk with fringed ends drops from waistline at right side back. Waistline closes with hooks and eyes at left side back. Lower 12" of skirt is stiffened inside, otherwise unlined.On View
Not on viewCollections
mid 1880s
c. 1880
1883-1886
1868-1872
1860s
c. 1850
c. 1880
c 1860 or 1895-1900