Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1969.8.4a-c

Description

Two piece dress of semi-sheer cotton consisting of a blouse or jacket and a skirt. The fabric is woven in a pattern of window-pane checks and thick vertical stripes. It opens at the center front and secures with 15 white buttons. It has a separate collar or necktie. The 3/4-length sleeves are trimmed at the cuffs with self fabric, as are the hems of both the blouse and skirt. The bottom half of the skirt is trimmed with four self fabric flounces.

Context

Made and worn by Sara Baird Blair in Waitsfield, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1969.8

Source or Donor

Bragg, Ethel Jessamine Billings (1889-1981)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Made/Created

Artist

Blair, Sarah Minerva Baird (1845-1922)

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

Blair, Sarah Minerva Baird (1845-1922)

Related Places

Place

Town

Waitsfield

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America