Woman's Dress

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 269

Description

Dress. Woman's green flowered taffeta dress; laced bodice; low neck; short sleeves with ball fringe; plain full skirt. Worn by Deborah Moulson Cresswell (1836-1928). Good condition. Circa 1850. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Rochester, New York

Material

Silk taffeta; ball fringe

Provenance

Notes

Deborah Moulson and Matthew Cresswell lived at 625 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York. They are listed in the Philadelphia Social Register, 1920.