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Dress (4694.1)

Child's drop-waisted dress of white cotton lawn embellished with tucks and machine-made whitework and eyelet embroidery. Narrow standing band collar, yoke with alternating vertical bands of tucks and embroidery. Ruffles at the shoulder above moderately full 3/4 sleeves with narrow cuff and scallop-edged embroidered ruffle. Shirred body of the dress, with the upper edge folded at the yoke to form a decorative ruffle. Embroidered waistband (matches yoke); gathered skirt of heavier cotton, made of a panel woven with deep band of embroidery along its edge. Embroidery in yoke/waistband, sleeves, and hem coordinate, with same style of filling stitches in similar but not exactly matching motifs. Cente...
1880-1889
Cotton, mother-of-pearl
21.5in
4694.1
Image and text: DAR Museum, 2024

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