Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1955.10.6

Description

Black dress with a V-shaped yolk on the front of the bodice. The bodice opens down the center front and secures with eight velvet-covered buttons. The arms are set low on the shoulders and cut very full and curved. The cuffs and yolk are trimmed in narrow strips of velvet.

Context

Worn by Esther Marrs of Richmond, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1955.10

Source or Donor

Marrs, Ida Licia Bushnell (1876-1968)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Silk

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Marrs, Esther Indiana Tubbs (1811-1881)

Related Places

Place

Town

Richmond

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America