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Dress (Child's dress)
1850-1900
Description
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.
Category
Textiles (Clothing)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
2002.0018.020
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family
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Object Number
2002.0018.020
Object Name
Dress (Child's dress)
Category
Textiles (Clothing)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; 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
Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1850-1900
Subject(s)
- Quaker
Materials
- Cotton
Dimensions (inches)
28.5 (H) x 28 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
72.5 (H) x 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.