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Dress

Date1835-1840

MediumTextile

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Mayo Harvey

Object number1975.21.9

DescriptionChild's one piece dress of figured duce brown cotton printed with small squares of primary colors in groups. Gigot sleeve has five rows of shirring flattening it at the shoulder, wrist has hook and eye closure. Bodice is fitted and boned with a pointed waistline. There are flat pleats running from shoulder to center point where they are topped stitched in place. Skirt is cartridged pleated onto a waistband which is firmlysewn to the underbodice. There are two pleats just above the hemline, one inside and one out. The skirt is unlined, the hem faced with a wide stripe of brown printed cotton lining, and hook and eye closures at the center back.

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