Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

G98.052

Description

Entirely hand-stitched dress made of blue plaid silk taffeta. Round waist, piped and attached to skirt 'gauged' by being drawn up on a tape. Once had a pocket. Wide, straight neckline with narrow yoke. Short dagged sleeves edged with long dark blue silk fringe. Back opening. Softly shirred front and back bodice laid over white cotton underlining with flat brass hooks and eyes. Boned. Skirt is fully lined with polished brown cotton. Deep hem turned up over the lining; no braid edge. Dress seems to have been reworked with moderate skill from an early 1850s appearance with a slightly pointed waistline. Front bones removed.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Adult, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Taffeta

Color

Blue

Made/Created

Date made

1855 - 1860

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American