Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

2004.131.23

Description

One brown plaid child's dress and matching piece of fabric. The fabric has hints of white, dark brown, light brown, blue, and red. The dress has no collar, long sleeves with a ruched cuff, button front, and ruffled hem. The lining is a pink and white print with rows of roses and lines with rectangles. There is both hand and machine sewing, with handmade buttonholes. The matching piece of fabric is hemmed on all sides and may have been a sash or perhaps was going to be added to the dress as an additional ruffle. A note tucked in with the dress says that it belonged to Eleanor Thornton Milton at age two, but that she died by three.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Youth
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1845 - 1865

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

20 in

Width

10 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Milton, Eleanor Thornton