Dress
- American, late 1790s
- USA
- Dimensions
- 144 x 36 cm (56 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Silk with linen underbodice, and silk drawstring
- Classification
- Costumes
- Accession Number
- 51.1968
- Not on view
Mon–Tue:10 am–4:45 pm;
Wed–Fri: 10 am–9:45 pm;
Sat–Sun: 10 am–4:45 pm
Dress of dark blue-green silk; low square-cut neck, fullness of bodice in front, gathered with a drawstring at neck and at waist; fullness of skirt in back in pleats; long sleeves; linen underbodice.
Gift of Miss Ruth B. Dieffenbach
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