Dress

Frontier Peasant Dress

Frontier Peasant Dress

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

2013.022.0013a

Description

Frontier peasant dress; handmade of cotton fabric with a red and white pattern of red flowers and lines on a white background; 7/8" red bias tape accent going from both shoulders to the waist then halfway down the floor length skirt and all around meeting in the back; 1-1/2" eyelet lace held in place by the tape goes from the shoulders to waist; nine button (white with red scroll) on front boddice; peter pan collar with 3/4" eyelet lace on edge, long sleeves with plain white fabric for the last 8" ending with one button (same design as those on the front); there is 1-1/2" eyelet lace at the seam between the red patterned sleeve and the plain white section; there is also a 12" zipper on the left side in the area of the waist

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