dress

Dateca. 1868

Terms

Jackets
Cotton

Dimensions71.12 × 120.65 cm (28 × 47 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward Browne (1981)

Object numberCOS81.35.1

Description2-piece dress, jacket (COS81.35.1) and skirt (COS81.35.2). Also termed a maternity dress. Printed cotton, white with tiny red and green flowers. Bodice buttons up front to small collar; long narrow sleeves. Both collar and sleeve ends trimmed with white decorative tape. Small pocket on left breast side. Length of bodice comes below the knees in front and longer in back; very full "poof" in back below waist.

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