Children’s Brown Dress + Coat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

1984.014.001B

Name/Title

Children’s Brown Dress + Coat

Description

jacket has a single roll of buttons down the front; stripes run up & down; velvet on collar, cuffs, pockets and in the front at the bottom of dress; dress skirt is made of same material as jacket; inside of jacket and top of dress is made of linen and the skirt and jacket is in a brown weave; that is two toned; front of skirt panel has 7- all metal buttons and 17-all metal- on the jacket; top of dress has 4-non-metal-round buttons up the back. Sub-numbered A & B.

Use

by George Murphy in 1880.

Collection

John Kemper

Acquisition

Accession

1984.014

Source or Donor

John Thomas Kemper

Acquisition Method

Donation

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress, Jacket

Clothing Sex

Male

Size

Infant size

Textile Details

Fabric

Velvet

Color

Multicolor, Brown

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1880

Time Period

19th Century

Place

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Mar 1, 2001

Create Date

March 1, 2001

Update Date

May 31, 2024