Quaker Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Quaker Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 750

Description

Dress. Lady's Quaker dress; dull gold-color taffeta; pleated and boned bodice; long sleeves; bodice is lined; polished cotton at hem; piping at bodice seams; drop shoulder. One-piece sleeves; full at top; narrow at cuff. Good condition; some under arm staining. Circa 1838. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania