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Infant's dress
probably American
1800–12
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton figured weave with cotton tambour embroidery and linen tape closures
Dimensions
84.5 x 69 cm (33 1/4 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the children of Mrs. M. A. DeWolfe Howe (Fanny Huntington Quincy), Miss Helen H. Howe, Quincy Howe, and Mark DeWolfe Howe
Accession Number44.18
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLong waisted long dress (originally open all the way down the back but now sewed part of the way up), white India mull with woven stripes and floral sprigs embroidered in white cotton thread in chain stitch. Sleeves have been cut.