a) Front

a) Front

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

2017.15.1a-b

Description

Two-piece dress of Mary Ann Larue French, maker unknown/assumed to be Mary Ann Larue, c. 1860. a) Jacket, lightweight wool gabardine underlined in black cotton, Mandarin collar, two-piece fitted puff sleeves with plain edge and vent and inverted pleat detail at front and back, mix of hand and machine sewing, 20 1/2"h x 14 1/2"w. b) Skirt, matching fabric underlined with light-brown cotton, stiffened with 5"h buckram at hem, waistband threaded with elastic (which may have been added later), five gore, hook-and-eye closure, seams hand finished, hem faced in heavier black wool, handmade, 36"h x 14"w.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Unknown, assumed to be Mary Ann Larue

Notes

Date: 1860 c.

Dimensions

Width

14-1/2 in