Name/Title
DressEntry/Object ID
CW 169Description
Parts of dress of French organdy, very lovely design. White back, ground with broken lavender stripes with bunches of little bright flowers [illegible]. Skirt is voluminous and long. Two strange-shaped pieces from waist, one possible reconstructed sleeve. Other long cape collar, both edged with elaborate and very beautiful silk trimming and fringe—lavender, white and tan. Lavender and white cord with tassel (a reconstruction possible). Reconstructed with 1860 lavender taffeta basque in Summer 1957.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1860Time Period
19th CenturyProvenance
Notes
Provenance: Reconstructed and modeled in “Decades of Feminine Fashion—1757-1957”—Germantown Historical Society Benefit in Morris House Garden, September 21, 1957.
Donor: Unlisted.