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Dress
American
about 1840
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plaid woven and cotton-glazed lining, linen-glazed inner bodice lining, brass-colored hook and eye closures, whalebone, silk twill binding tape, and silk floss needleworked buttons
Dimensions
148 x 89 cm (58 1/4 x 35 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number51.473
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDress worn by Mrs. Dutee (Abby) Green; made of taffeta striped horizontally brown and greenish blue and having narrow bands of white and black with broad and narrow vertical stripes of purple satin; fitted bodice, pointed in front, trimmed with folds of self material from shoulder to center front of neck; long straight sleeves with short cap oversleeves; high neck at back; full skirt; dress hooked up back; tan glazed cotton lining in bodice and underskirt of same.