Dress
c. 1871
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Clothing and Accessories
Medium and Support:
cloth
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
C1974.196 a,b,c
A small-size beige silk-taffeta dress with two bodices and a skirt. All are hand-sewn and trimmed with flocking in a leaf design of varying shades of brown. Bodice (a) has long sleeves, silk-covered buttons, and a high neck. Bodice (b) is wide necked, short sleeves which are trimmed with flocking and ball fringe. The skirt (c) is gathered onto a cotton undergarment with grosgrain shoulder straps.