Object Number 2002.0017.003

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

1836-1890

Materials

Cotton

Dimensions (inches)

32.187 (H) , 35.827 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

81.755 (H) , 91 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken from the back of the garment. Height: taken from left ruffle at neckline to bottom hem. Width: taken at the widest part of the hem.

Object Description

Web - 05/31/2016

An infant dress made of white cotton. Long sleeved with a wide, flared skirt. Closes at the back with four buttons and one tie at the collar.The fabric's weave pattern shows a small woven check (similar to a windowpane pattern that is opaque througout). Machine stitched. The collar terminates with a ruffle on a high neck.