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Dress (Child's dress)
1820-1860
Description
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
Category
Textiles (Clothing)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
2002.0018.025
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family
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Object Number
2002.0018.025
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; New Castle Co., DE.
Secondary Place of Origin
Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1820-1860
Subject(s)
- Quaker
Materials
- Cotton
Dimensions (inches)
37.402 (H) x 3.75 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
95 (H) x 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"