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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1998.01.0906 |
Object Name |
Dress |
Date |
ca. 1840 |
Description |
Brown print cotton dress, possibly a maternity or nursing dress. There are two panels on either side inside the dress. Full sleeves with bands at the top of the arm and loose at cuffs. Scalloped-shaped trim at end of cuffs. Eighteen ivory buttons down the front. Twelve false buttons at the bottom, with six at top that work with inner panels. Two short pieces at the waist form a belt. Gathered material at the back of the dress. The top of the dress is lined in muslin. |
Dimensions |
W-45 L-56.5 inches |
People |
Mary Yoder Brown |
Subjects |
Clothing & dress Women Girls |