Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1963.60.3a-b

Description

Two-piece printed cotton dress consisting of a bodice and skirt. The fabric is printed with a closely repeating design of tan flowers and vines on a green gown. The Bodice has long sleeves and opens up the center front with a row of white buttons. It has a high collar and pointed hem, and the show fabric is gathered at the shoulder seams and falls in gathers to the center waist. The skirt is gathered to a narrow waistbands. The hem is faced with brown glazed cotton.

Context

Worn by Phoebe Celley Towne of Waterbury Center, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1963.60

Source or Donor

Shaffer, Zepherine Ellen Towne (1883-1973)

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Cotton

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1870

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

Towne, Phoebe Celley (b. 1813)

Related Places

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America