Dress of ecru cotton with bright brown pattern of flowers and bricks in vertical stripes
- Title
- Dress of ecru cotton with bright brown pattern of flowers and bricks in vertical stripes
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Description
- Dress of ecru cotton with bright brown pattern of flowers and bricks in vertical stripes: a) Bodice has high, round neckline and long pagoda sleeves with tiered fringe at ends; dropped shoulders; bodice is fitted through the waist and has an A-line to below hip length trimmed in alternating gold and brown fringe; button-front closure with opaque white buttons carved in a woman's head in profile; white portion is encased in gold braided cabochon; boning; backed in muslin. b) Skirt is full length and wide; tightly gathered at waistband; concealed right pocket; ties at side; hook and eyes at side closure.
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition: OSU Speech
- Motif
- Cameo buttons; Fringe
- Work Type
- ensembles (costume)
- Location
- United States United Kingdom
- Date
- 1860/1869
- Identifier
- 1985.005.003
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton
- Technique
- Boning; Pagoda sleeves; Gathering
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Tag is sewn into neckline of bodice and in skirt with "Ruth Carter" written in pencil.
