Name/Title
Woman's SlipEntry/Object ID
CW 1030Description
Slip. Lady's slip or underdress; flat pieces with scalloped edges at arms and neckline; no gathers; Dorset thread buttons at shoulders; heavily starched. No condition given. Circa 1910.
Transcribed from Original Catalog Worksheet..Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMaterial
Cotton, Dorset Thread ButtonsProvenance
Notes
Dorset Thread Buttons:
"A Dorset button is a style of craft-made button originating in the English county of Dorset. Their manufacture was at a peak between 1622 and 1850, after which they were overtaken by machine-made buttons from factories in the developing industries of Birmingham and other growing cities.
"Dorset buttons are characteristically made by repeatedly binding yarn over a disc or ring former [originally of sheep horn]. There are three main forms and a large number of individual styles within these."
(Source: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_button)