Dress

United States

1900

  • Titles Dress (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool, velvet, embroidery
  • Dimensions 48 in. (121.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hodges, Jr., 1987.18.1
  • Work Type dress
  • Classification Costume

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A press-molded circular pitcher with pink glaze, a broad spout, and tall neck decorated in relief with a grapevine motif. The handle is in the form of a greyhound, which appears to be climbing into the jug. The body is decorated in relief with hunting scenes: hounds attacking a stag on one side and mastiffs attacking a boar on the other.
Dress in two parts—bodice and skirt. Long sleeved cream bodice with a high neck. The collar is light orange velvet with knife pleats. Around the waist is the same velvet, which crosses in the front. Across the chest and down the arms, the fabric has diagonal stripes with an orange paisley and floral pattern, bordered by stripes with a black paisley pattern. The section across the chest is outlined with black floral appliques. Across the collarbone and the stomach is sheer beige fabric that is heavily pleated. This fabric has black appliques on it. The cream fabric crosses the mid-back and goes under the arms and across the shoulders. The sheer fabric continues around to the back. The collar becomes higher in the back. There is a thin ribbon of orange velvet with a bow around the wrists. The bodice is fully lined and boned. The floor length skirt made of cream striped fabric striped with an orange paisley and floral design outlined by stripes with a black paisley pattern. Three layers of ruffles are at the bottom, but the ruffles stop at the side. The ruffles are lined with a sheer fabric and black lace. The back has a small train. A cotton underskirt has been attached, but it is not original. Hook and eye closures in the back.
Fans quilt
Small face jug of tan stoneware covered with opaque glazes in beige and brown, the neck short and the opening wide, with two large eyes surrounded by applied and protruding circular elements, which give them a comical appearance, the nose in between the eyes is long and rounded and has two protrusions on either side above the upper lip, these protrusions and the upper lip and mouth area flecked in black, from the mouth protrude five irregular, crooked teeth, with incised markings on the cheeks and stippled above the eyes, on the backside on either side of the handle incised FREE ME NOW and APRIL 16 TAXES DONE! along with an ichthys symbol.