Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 186

Description

Dress mad of soft green-grey silk with small broken self stripe, plain full skirt, closure with hooks at center back with v neck and piped neckline. Long sleeves gathered into narrow piped band, tucked cap over top of sleeve, basque pointed waist with intricate pleating.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Silk

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1840

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia

Provenance

Notes

Worn by Mary Drinker Cope Haines, wife of John Smith Haines of Wyck House. Gift of Mrs. Samuel Emlen and Mrs William Kimber in 1955