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DEACESSIONED June 26, 2014
Infant's dress
American
About 1860
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Cotton figure woven, and cotton eyelet embroidered band
Dimensions
77 x 81.5 cm (30 5/16 x 32 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lorenz E. Ernst
Accession Number54.527
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionInfant's dress of white figured cotton; narrow vertical stripes, alternating satin weave with a minute leaf figure; wide flaring neckline, short sleeves, full gathered waist and skirt, waist band and sleeve trimmings of eyelet embroidery; very stained and yellowed.
Provenance1954, gift of Mrs. Lorenz E. Ernst to the MFA (Accession date: April 8, 1954); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.