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Woman's Dresscirca 1865

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White mid-19th-century day dress on a mannequin, full bell-shaped skirt with ruffle and pintuck trim, black sash tied at back
White cotton day dress from the mid-19th century displayed on a white mannequin, featuring a full crinoline skirt with pintucked panels and ruffled hem, long fitted sleeves, and a narrow black waist sash, against a neutral gray background.
Close-up detail of white textile with dense horizontal gathering at left, a central pleated panel with stitched tucks, and box-pleated ruffle at right, all in fine lightweight fabric.
Close-up detail of a white textile with densely gathered horizontal pleats, stitched along a vertical seam at the right edge, creating parallel ridges across the fabric surface.
Close-up detail of white linen textile with horizontal tuck lines above and below a central band of fine vertical smocking, showing handworked whipstitch edging.
Title
Woman's Dress
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
circa 1865
Medium
Cotton plain weave
Dimensions
Center back length: 61 7/8 in. (157.16 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.667
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles