Dress

  • Titles Dress (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk, lace, velvet, plastic
  • Dimensions 52 × 15 in. (132.1 × 38.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1037
  • Work Type dress
  • Classification Costume

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Large silver ladle with long, slightly curved handle and round bowl, the handle with beaded edge, at the end of the handle engraved the emblem of a rampant lion holding a cross.
Small cast-iron cross pendant, each of the arms three-part, in the form of Gothic tracery motifs, the central medallion is in the form of a gold-mounted rosette.
Paper clamp of two pieces with hinge and steel spring. The lower part with truncated edges and a waffle pattern, the upper part with a relief scene of dogs hunting a stag, with palmette of two flowers.
Plain creamware fruit basket and stand, both with a molded basket weave design in the well, the basket with open woven sides and a double woven band entwining the edge, the stand with pierced rim.