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Dress of piña cloth
Day dress of piña cloth
Dress of piña cloth
American
1868–1870
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Pineapple leaf fiber (piña) plain weave; silk plain weave underdress trimmed with silk net
Dimensions
116 cm (45 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Elsie G. Warren
Accession Number50.4042a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDress of piña cloth; magenta with fine white line check; high, round neck; three-quarter length sleeves with tight undersleeves; greatest skirt fullness at back; sleeves and skirt trimmed with bands of puffed piña bound with magenta silk cloth; magenta silk lining; separate magenta silk underskirt with pocket in right front seam; dress hooked down front; white tulle ruching around neck and sleeve edges; worn by Mary Francis Cook of Hyde Park, Mass.; piña brought home by her father, a sea captain; worn and stained under arms.