Brown silk brocade second day dress

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Brown silk brocade second day dress

Entry/Object ID

1873

Description

Brown silk brocade second day dress, high neck, no collar, V-shaped bertha on front, fringed with brown silk thread, same fringe on full-length sleeves, hooks and eyes close back with decorative cloth buttons added, three tiered skirt falling to full length and gathered at the waist. Dress owned by Margaret Chew Osburn, married to Logan Osburn, Kabletown.

Acquisition

Accession

80

Source or Donor

Perry, Mary Duffield Shutt (Mrs. W.P.C.)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Notes

Date: 1850 circa

Material

Silk