Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

G2005.087

Description

Entirely hand-stitched older girl’s dress made of printed cotton (3-color cylinder machine with a linear coral-like branch in red and one in black over a lavender blotchy machine ground). Pointed high waist with bust drapery shirred at center front waistline and at shoulders. High round neckline. Back hook and loop closure. Large gigot sleeves shirred at top, above a self frill. Skirt attached to muslin waistband attached inside muslin-lined bodice; smooth across front; pocket on right side. Unlined.

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

Cotton

Color

Green, Pink

Made/Created

Date made

1838 - 1840

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Relationships

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America