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One-piece dress of checkerboard plaid
American
about 1865
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Silk satin checkerboard plaid and figure weave, silk fringe, linen net embroidered, cotton twill and cotton glazed lining, metal covered buttons, and metal closures
Dimensions
151 x 90 cm (59 7/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Rebecca W. McLanathan
Accession Number51.2343
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionOne piece dress of blue and tan large-scale checkerboard plaid; satin dots woven all over squares of plaid; fitted bodice with high, round neck and long sleeves trimmed with blue fringe at bottom; buttoned down front with blue silk-covered buttons; skirt, longer and much fuller in back than front: pocket in right front fold; placket in left front fold; skirt lined with tan glazed cotton; bodice lined in part with tan twill and in part with white cotton.