Name/Title
dressEntry/Object ID
G2007.080Description
Entirely hand stitched dress made of 2-color cylinder printed floral stripe on cotton (black, red) with (blocked or surface printed) tan wavy ground stripe (faded peachwood or logwood, probably). Made for a teen with a flat chest, for which there are 2 long darts nearly to the shoulder; the high-waisted bodice is cut on the bias in front; it had to be pieced at the lower outside corners. It has a side back seam near the arm. The bodice is lined with heavy unbleached cotton, bias in front, with the bust dart offset from the one on the outer fabric. The back bodice lining floats, with a large flat brass hook and eye at the top, middle and bottom. The back waist has the usual drawstring arrangement to produce fullness there, but this is a blue and white woven cotton drawstring that is sewn along the inside waist as a stay, tunneling into a casing at the side where it becomes the drawstring. The neckline is a medium-wide bound opening that probably accommodated a chemisette with a collar of some kind. The skirt is cut with the typical side gore. The sleeves are long and tubular but with a lot of fullness concentrated in the back of the top. Sleeves and skirt have a single tuck above the hem. No pocket or pocket slit. No belt.Collection
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume CollectionLexicon
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hand stitched, dress, floral, stripe, cotton, black, red
