2002.0018.025 Dress, View 1
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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:

    1820-1860

  • Materials:

    Cotton

  • Museum Object Number:

    2002.0018.025


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2002.0018.025

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 Co., PA; 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)

37.402 (H) , 3.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

95 (H) , 9.525 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken from back. Height: Taken from top of sleeve to bottom of hem. Width: Taken across widest part of the hem. Across shoulders 10.63"

Object Description

Web - 05/18/2016

An infant's dress, made of white cotton. There are inset horizontal pin-tucks at the center front of the bodice and these are also edged with vertical ruffles. That detail is replicated on the cap sleeves. Waistband is pleated. The dress closes in the back with buttons and cloth tie drawstrings