Object Number 2002.0018.018

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 either Buck's Co., PA or New Castle Co., DE.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Date

1820-1860

Subjects

Quaker

Materials

Cotton

Dimensions (inches)

27.953 (H) , 27 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

71 (H) , 68.58 (W)

Measurement Notes

12.598 across the shoulders as per previous cataloger. All measurements taken from the front. Length: from proper right sleeve, neckline to the hem. Width: at widest part of the hem.

Object Description

Web - 08/13/2016

A child's dress, made of cotton. A long A-line shape with short sleeves and a square neckline. Closes at the back with two drawstring ties at the neckline and a set of six drawstrings (cased) at the waistband.