Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 174

Description

Three-piece dress natural pongee. Skirt long, full, slightly gored. High collar, yoke hand-embroidered in white. Waist full with stroked pleats and fancy shirring. Long sleeves with tucked cuffs. Fancy shirring, ruffles and lace. Eton-type jacket, front embroidered elbow sleeves. Collar with little pleated ruffle, fancy buttons.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1890 - circa 1900

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Exhibit History: Modeled in ‘Decades of Feminine Fashion,’ September 21, 1957. Donor: Unlisted, May 1955.