2002.0017.002 Dress, Front
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Dress (Child's dress)

  • Category:

    Textiles (Clothing)

  • Place of Origin:

    Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1836-1850

  • Materials:

    Cotton

  • Museum Object Number:

    2002.0017.002


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Object Number

2002.0017.002

Object Name

Dress (Child's dress)

Category

Textiles (Clothing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family

Place of Origin

Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Owned by family in Buck's County, PA or New Castle Co., DE.

Secondary Place of Origin

New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1836-1850

Materials

Cotton

Dimensions (inches)

40.157 (H) , 32.677 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

102 (H) , 83 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken from the back. Height: top of sleeve to the bottom of hem. Width: Hem to hem.

Object Description

Web - 05/31/2016

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.