Dress of ecru silk taffeta wide neckline and short bouffant sleeves
- Title
- Dress of ecru silk taffeta wide neckline and short bouffant sleeves
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- McCrady, D. H., Mrs.
- Description
- Dress of ecru silk taffeta wide neckline and short bouffant sleeves; neckline is trimmed in pointed scallops of self-taffeta that fall over the shoulders; back closing of button covered hooks and eyes; band at waist; skirt is pleated at front and cartridge pleated at center-back; 2 padded bands at lower skirt trimmed with applied pointed scallops about 16" above hem of full-length skirt; all hand-made.
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States United Kingdom
- Date
- 1830/1839
- Identifier
- 1900.006.020
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Taffeta; Net
- Technique
- Pleats to shape; Bouffant sleeves; Self-fabric accents
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Looks like it might be 1830s rather than 1820s.
