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Dinner dress
American
about 1840
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave (faille) with silk embroidery, glazed cotton plain weave lining, and cotton plain weave gauze sleeve lining, cotton plain weave tape, baleen, metal hooks
Dimensions
146 x 66 cm (57 1/2 x 26 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number52.1155
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionA brown silk faille dress with wide cut flaring neckline, short sleeves with two puffs and added embroidered cuff at end, boned fitted bodice ending in deep point center front, full skirt with fullness in pleats, large brown embroidered rose pattern over seams in front of skirt, two deep gathered flounces on skirt embroidered with same pattern, laced down center back of bodice; entire skirt lined with coarse sized cotton
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952