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Dateca. 1890
Terms
- Skirts
Dimensions81.28 × 96.52 cm (32 × 38 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sally Dabney Parker (1985)
Object numberCOS85.74.2
Description2 piece blue, pink print costume; bodice (COS85.74.1) hooks up front; sewn in stays, low neck; 3/4 sleeves with ruffle, waist comes to a point in front and back; skirt (COS85.74.2) has pink insert in front to look like petticoat showing; gathers in back; faded, some spots. Curtain fabric 2 piece 18th century costume of curtain fabric: stargazer lily print, linen-like fabric. Constructed as 1880s, late 1880s, with petticoat showing at front. Bodice requires a corset. Perhaps c. 1890. Interesting early Colonial Revolution costume. Curtain fabric.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
