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DEACESSIONED June 26, 2014
Infant's dress
American
Early 19th century
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave with cotton embroidery, and hemstitched
Dimensions
77.5 x 55 cm (30 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number54.1330
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionInfant's dress of thin white cotton, high waisted with short sleeves and wide square neck, waist and neck drawstrings tied in center back, bodice and sleeves embroidered in diagonal lines of eyelet and drawn work stitches, free standing edging bands for center front panel of skirt and bottom edge of skirt embroidered in small-scale design of pendent stylized carnations, inside scalloped edge; a number of small brownish stains.
Provenance1954, gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to the MFA (Accession date: November 9, 1954); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.