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Woman's two-piece day dress

American
early 1850s
Object Place: United States

Medium/Technique Silk jacquard weave
Dimensions CB: 165.1 cm (65 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Lois Adams Goldstone
Accession Number2002.697.1-2
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionWoman's dress with skirt of blue silk ground (in diamond weft-float design) with all-over black floral pattern and bodice of blue and black silk, jacquard-woven in a floral pattern, trimmed with ribbon and black silk fringe at front opening and hem.
ProvenanceWorn by a member of the Greenleaf family; Inherited by Lois Adams Goldstone; Gift to the MFA, December 18, 2002