Quaker Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Quaker Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 846

Description

Dress. Lady's Quaker dress; Green and brown woven pattern; long leg-of-mutton sleeves; pleated front; full pleated skirt; lined home-spun linen; back fasteners; fine cording in sleeves; low neck worn with Quaker fichu (fabric modesty insert at neck). Medium size. Excellent condition. Circa 1820. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania