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Dress of white dotted swiss
American
about 1905
Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dimensions
Center front: 145.1 cm (57 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
52.1158
Medium or Technique
Cotton; dotted swiss, lace, appliqué embroidery
Not On View
Collections
Americas, Textiles and Fashion Arts
Classifications
White dotted swiss dress with bloused bodice with high rounded neck, elbow length sleeves with ruffled flounces, bell shaped skirt that is slightly longer in back, buttoned center back closure with drawstring tape at back waist; wide net insertions with appliquéd blossom motifs in yolk and down front and sides, coarse bobbin lace or crocheted floral edging covers seams of these insertions in skirt; narrow net insertions with appliquéd blossom motifs down sleeves and lower part of skirt; narrow vertical tucks in bodice and upper part of skirt
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb