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Quaker's dress of gray taffeta
American
About 1825
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Silk taffeta, silk sleeve lining, and glazed linen inner bodice
Dimensions
129.5 x 81.3 cm (51 x 32 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Grosvenor Calkins
Accession Number52.1770
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFitted bodice, open down front, probably closed with a brooch, lined with glazed linen which overlapped in front, long sleeves, full and puffed slightly at shoulders tapering to narrow wrist, skirt with fullness in soft knife pleats, rest of fullness at center back, front panel of skirt drop front; many small brownish stains.
ProvenanceProbably worn by Eliza Fair Sparks Shallcross, married 1816 to Dr. Morris Cadwallader Shallcross, born 1791, died 1871.