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Dress
American, made of English or French fabric
late 18th century
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Printed cotton plain weave and cotton lining
Dimensions
133 x 99 cm (52 3/8 x 39 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. F. Carrington Weems
Accession Number54.633
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPrinted cotton dress with brown ground, picoté with red, divided into roughly lozenge-shaped areas by serpentine small-scale yellow vines, small-scale polychrome flower in center of each lozenge (fabric printed in England or France); dress cut with square neck, continuous pleats center back but stitched in place to waistline, lap over fronts; skirt fullness pleated all the way around, elbow length sleeves; several holes, faded somewhat in front.
ProvenanceBelonged to "grandmother" Speakman