Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 187

Description

Soft silk in tan with narrow brown stripe. Skirt full and plain, gathers at back soft pleats beyond waist pointed in front with diagonal stripes meeting in central seam. Off-shoulder neck. 5 rows of gathers at top of sleeve.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1820

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Mrs. Samuel Emlen and Mrs. William Kimber.