Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 34

Description

Woman's dress. Novelty cotton material of red and ecru with open stripe. Red and tan eyelet embroidery trim. Very full, round skirt with pleats and inserted panels of eyelet ruffles; red underskirt. Waist buttoned from neck. High collar. Square back and front eyelet yoke. Back pleated finely and fishtail. Long sleeves, tight, deep eyelet cuffs.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1870

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Mrs. Joseph Shoemaker—Coryell Collection, 1946.