Figurine

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Figurine

Entry/Object ID

2004.43.1

Description

Miniature brown felt dress form wearing a shift, stays, and a petticoat. The shift is made of white cotton, has long sleeves, and a wide, embroidered neckline. The stays are pink and stitched into channels, despite not being boned. The petticoat is corded horizontally in five channels. The form is attached with a wooden skewer to a base made of corrugated cardboard.

Use

Made to illustrate undergarments of the 1830s

Context

Made by Mirren Barrie of Waterbury Center, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2004.43

Source or Donor

Staudt, Jane M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Barrie, Mirren (1915-2004)

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Figurine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects