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Child's Dresscirca 1860

Not on view
Child's cream-white dress with short lace-trimmed sleeves and wide collar, decorated overall with rust-red embroidered scrolling oak-leaf vine motifs

Unknown, Child's Dress, circa 1860, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Murray Ward, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Child's Dress
Place Made
Probably United States
Date Made
circa 1860
Medium
Dress: Cotton plain weave (piqué) with cotton embroidery and wool braid (soutache) Hoop skirt: Cotton covered metal wire with cotton plain weave and cotton twill.
Dimensions
Center back length (a) Dress): 22 3/4 in. (57.79 cm) Length (b) Hoop): 16 in. (40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Murray Ward
Accession Number
M.72.48.2
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles