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Woman's dress ensemble with waistband sleeves
American
about 1840
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Bodice (a): Silk satin with warp stripes, cotton and linen lining, cotton plain weave ties, baleen boning, and metal hook and eye closure
Skirt (b): Silk satin with warp strips, cotton plain weave waistband, buckram lining, and metal hook and eye closure
Pair of sleeve (c & d): Silk satin with warp stripes, cotton plain weave lining
Waistband (e): Silk satin with warp stripes, metal hooks and eyes
Skirt (b): Silk satin with warp strips, cotton plain weave waistband, buckram lining, and metal hook and eye closure
Pair of sleeve (c & d): Silk satin with warp stripes, cotton plain weave lining
Waistband (e): Silk satin with warp stripes, metal hooks and eyes
Dimensions
Center front: 23.18 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number51.327a-g
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's pink satin stripe dress of bodice, skirt, extra pair of sleeves, two pieces
Boned bodice (a) with front hook and eye closure and cotton tape ties at sides, scooped neckline with piping, V-shaped pleats at front which are open at top and sewn down at the bottom, narrow center strip with piping at back and pleated piece across sholders, piping around arm openings, short puffed sleeves with pleats sewn down across top, plain weave cotton lining
Full skirt (b) with cartridge pleating at top, white cotton waistband (fabric re-used from other piece of costume), two hook and eye closures at back, stiff buckram lining, single pocket made of glazed white cotton in right seam
Pair of fitted sleeves (c-d) in pink satin stripe with three bows and two hook and eye closures at each wrist, cotton plain weave lining
Waistband (e)
Boned bodice (a) with front hook and eye closure and cotton tape ties at sides, scooped neckline with piping, V-shaped pleats at front which are open at top and sewn down at the bottom, narrow center strip with piping at back and pleated piece across sholders, piping around arm openings, short puffed sleeves with pleats sewn down across top, plain weave cotton lining
Full skirt (b) with cartridge pleating at top, white cotton waistband (fabric re-used from other piece of costume), two hook and eye closures at back, stiff buckram lining, single pocket made of glazed white cotton in right seam
Pair of fitted sleeves (c-d) in pink satin stripe with three bows and two hook and eye closures at each wrist, cotton plain weave lining
Waistband (e)
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951