Object Number 2002.0018.020

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 or New Castle Co., DE

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Date

1850-1900

Subjects

Quaker

Materials

Cotton

Dimensions (inches)

28.5 (H) , 28 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

72.5 (H) , 72 (L)

Measurement Notes

All measurements taken from the back. 45" across the shoulders. Height: from shoulder to hem. Width: at widest part of hem.

Object Description

Web - 05/18/2016

An infant's dress of white cotton. There are long sleeves, trimmed with lace on the cuffs. (Lace appears to match the lace used on cuffs of 2002.0018.013) The collar was originally trimmed with lace, small areas of this lace remain. There are two buttonholes in the back, although the top button is missing.