Dress

Boston, Massachusetts

About 1829-30

  • Titles Dress (Descriptive)
  • Medium embroidered silk
  • Dimensions skirt: 37 × 13 in. (94 × 33 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Fashion Group, Inc., Birmingham Region, in memory of Mary Faust, 1989.32
  • Work Type dress
  • Classification Costume

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