Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

G2011.049

Description

Entirely hand-stitched girls dress made of white cross-barred dimity. Infant bodice (gathered into a shallow yoke) with full cotton lining; set-in waistband; full skirt with deep tuck above hem, removed. Wide neckline, short generously frilled sleeves edged with coarse machine lace, set into piped armscye; back closure with no evidence of hooks or buttons; waistband and sleeve hems are not made as casings for a ribbon, but probably the sleeves were each tied up with a ribbon or bracelet.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Child, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Dimity

Lining

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1855 - 1860