Textiles (Clothing)
Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1836-1850
Cotton
2002.0017.002
Object Number2002.0017.002 |
Dress (Child's dress)
Textiles (Clothing)
Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family
Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Owned by family in Buck's County, PA or New Castle Co., DE.
New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1836-1850
Cotton
40.157 (H) , 32.677 (W)
102 (H) , 83 (W)
Measurements taken from the back. Height: top of sleeve to the bottom of hem. Width: Hem to hem.
An infant's dress, made of white cotton. The bodice is covered with horizontal pleats that are framed in piping. The neckline is square, The sleeves terminate with ruffles, bordered by two lines of ruched piping. Ties at the back with a tie at the neck and four cased channel ties at the waistband.