Woman's Tafetta Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Tafetta Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 539

Description

Dress. Woman's black taffeta dress; handmade; trimmed with self-quilling on sleeve tops and on seams at back of bodice; around neck, and around front. May have been made-over from an earlier period dress (1840s). Fair condition. Date not given. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania