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Dresses |
Number of Archive records |
11 |
Number of Object records |
38 |
Number of Photo records |
0 |
Number of Library records |
1 |
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Baby Dress, c. 1940s - Dress
Baby Dress, c. 1940s. Cream colored linen baby dress with machine-made embroidered design. Cream colored lace trim along bottom, sleeves, and neck of dress. Dress has cream colored linen band (0.25 inch) around sleeves above lace trim with a small embroidered circle at top. Around the neck there is an embroidered green and pink floral heart, blue ribbon design on sides of heart, and three small flowers on each side of the neck. Extending the leng...
Record Type: Object
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Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920 - Gown, Baptismal
Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920. Long white gown made of semi-sheer woven fabric, fitted at the shoulders and loose everywhere else. Collar has a border of simple lace; chest/shoulder area has the fabric stitched in very narrow overlapping strips to look like vertical stripes; underneath this section is a horizontal ribbon of white lace-style embroidery. Sleeves are long and end in more overlapping stripes and lace. Near the bottom hem of t...
Record Type: Object
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Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920 - Gown, Baptismal
Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920. Long dress made of a semi-sheer white woven fabric. Dress has short sleeves with two layers of lacy ruffles at the edges, and a square neckline with additional lace at the hem. At the chest is a trapezoidal panel where the fabric has been folded over itself and stitched in place to create the appearance of horizontal stripes. This panel is framed on either side by a continuation of the lace ruffle from the s...
Record Type: Object
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Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920 - Gown, Baptismal
Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920. Long white dress made of semi-sheer white woven fabric. Dress is short-sleeved and has a square neckline with a simple looping lace hem. Sleeves have embroidery in a delicate leafy lace pattern. On the chest is a triangular panel with this same embroidery, framed by additional plain white pieces of fabric, and running around the dress underneath the chest is a ribbon of more embroidered lace. The bottom hem ...
Record Type: Object
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Black Shift Dress with Mola Motif, c. 1970s - Dress, Sheath
Black Shift Dress with Mola Motif, c. 1970s. Black polyester satin sleeveless shift dress with multicolored intricate Mola motif on large pocket. Motif may represent an owl or beetle. Design is constructed of appliques in burgundy, dark pink, and metallic mesh, which are edged with magenta, blue, purple and teal crocheted yarn, and accented with brass spangles, on off-white polyester crepe. Edges of collar, armholes, side seam-lines and hemline ...
Record Type: Object
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Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962 - Dress
Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962. Cerise shantung dress with princess seams on bust, extended cap sleeves, notched neckline, and knife pleats on skirt. Dress has been altered at waist in back, to expand two of the pleats. Back closure with hook and thread loop at neck and hidden steel zipper, painted cerise, down back. Bodice is flat-lined in cerise nylon and skirt is unlined. Three white makers labels inside skirt.
Record Type: Object
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Childs Dotted Swiss Dress, c. 1949. - Dress
Childs Dotted Swiss Dress, c. 1949. Shear white, possibly nylon, organdy dress with flocked Swiss dot. Collar and puffed sleeves are trimmed with white cotton bobbin lace. Six buttons of clear rhinestones in brass bezels, down front of bodice. Seventeen vertical pintucks on each side of yoke. Hidden 9.75 inch steel zipper with makers mark on proper left side of waist. Gathered waist with two belt loops on sides and two metal snaps in front, indi...
Record Type: Object
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Floral Taffeta Garden Dress, c. 1920s. - Dress, Day
Floral Taffeta Garden Dress, c. 1920s. Off-white silk taffeta garden picnic dress, with print of large light and dark blue cabbage roses with pink and purple leaves. Dress has puff sleeves, princess seams and darts on waist. The neckline has a scoop front and V-back with lapels and twenty-one decorative hand-covered buttons down back of waist. Dress opens on proper left side with four metal snaps and two hook and eye closures. Dress has braided b...
Record Type: Object
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Gold Brocade Shift Dress, c. 1960s - Dress, Cocktail
Gold Brocade Shift Dress, c. 1960s. Metallic gold and off-white brocade sleeveless fitted shift dress with large chrysanthemum pattern. Hemline and collar are trimmed with gimp-like braid in gold and silver thread. Metallic thread is possibly Lurex. Back of collar has decorative silver multi-rhinestone button, but opens with two snaps and off-white enameled zipper down back. Hem trim was added separately to dress. Shift is handmade, and flat-lin...
Record Type: Object
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I. Magnin Dress, 1959 - Dress
I. Magnin Dress, 1959. A black shift style polyester dress with three quarter sleeves, side pockets and wide collar. On front the dress are five buttons covered with the same material and there is a belt of the same material on back. The hem on the inside is machine sewn. Worn by Marion Holmes.
Record Type: Object
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Irish Dance Costume, c. 1990s - Costume, Dance
Irish Dance Costume, c. 1990s. Dark green dress (A), knee-length and long-sleeved. Neck has white crocheted lace collar with 4 clear rhinestones attached. At the bottom of each sleeve and each side of the bottom hem is an embroidered red and gold Celtic knot design. Two red and gold embroidered braids run down the front sides of the dress from shoulder to hem. In the center front of the skirt is an oval-shaped embroidered image of green hills fal...
Record Type: Object
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Lace Overlay Mauve Chiffon Dress, c. 1920s - Dress, Cocktail
Lace Overlay Mauve Chiffon Dress, c. 1920s. Sleeveless dinner dress with off-white machine-lace overlay on tiered pastel chiffon in panels of alternating colors. Panels and tiers are in muted tones of peach, yellow, sage green and mauve. Panels are seamed with narrow satin ribbon in yellow and mauve. Front has scoop neckline and bodice is lined in peach chiffon. Dress opens on proper left side with eight snaps on waist and two snaps on shoulder. ...
Record Type: Object
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Lillie Low Matson Dress, c. 1900 - Dress, Cocktail
Lillie Low Matson Dress, c. 1900. Red and Magenta dress with rhinestone embellishment has a silk slip covered by a full overlay of gauze with long sleeves and a third layer of gauze that covers the bodice down to the hips. The sleeves are 38" long with a 26" slit on the underside. The front of the dress has a rounded neckline that drops 3.5" for the top layer of gauze and 5" for the other two layers underneath. Slits in the top layer of gauze cr...
Record Type: Object
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Mother of the Groom Dress, 1969 - Dress
Mother of the Groom Dress, 1969. Light blue linen short-sleeved shift dress with fourteen white eyelet applique flowers down front. Organdy flowers, are possibly linen or cotton, and have eyelet centers, and either five, six or eight pointed petals. Dress has French darts, round neckline and one seam pocket on the proper right side. Back closure with hook and thread loop at collar and and hidden zipper with blue enamelled metal pull and plastic t...
Record Type: Object
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Off-white Lace Overlay, for Teal Beaded Flapper Dress, c. 1920s. - Dress
Off-white Lace Overlay, for Teal Beaded Flapper Dress, c. 1920s. Vest-like overlay has two vertical slit openings with edges tacked open, on front and back of bodice, through which a sash may have passed through. Waist is dropped, and skirt consists of five vertical panels, which would have flared open with movement, revealing the beaded skirt of the teal dress. Edges of lace are scalloped.
Record Type: Object
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Off-White Overslip with Cutwork Lace, c. 1920s - Negligee
Off-White Overslip with Cutwork Lace, c. 1920s. Off-white silk sleeveless over-slip with eight identical rose motifs on bodice consisting of embroidered cut-work lace with net insertion. Motif is a single rose with six leaves. Scalloped edges of collar and armholes are embroidered and trimmed with net. Dropped waist with nine knife pleats on both hips. White makers label embroidered in lavender.
Record Type: Object
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Off-White Underslip with Cutwork Lace, c. 1920s - Negligee
Off-White Underslip with Cutwork Lace, c. 1920s. Off-white silk underslip with shoulder straps and five identical rose motifs on bodice consisting of embroidered cut-work lace with net insertion. Motif is a single rose with six leaves. Scalloped edges of collar and armholes are embroidered and trimmed with net. Two metal snaps, beneath each armpit. Dropped waist with fourteen knife pleats on both hips. White makers label embroidered in lavender...
Record Type: Object
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Pale Yellow Lace Overlay Taffeta Prom Dress, 1958 - Dress
Pale Yellow Lace Overlay Taffeta Prom Dress, 1958. Sleeveless dress with pale yellow lace overlaid on pale yellow nylon taffeta. Matching polyester chiffon sash wraps around front of waist and has long tails draped in back. Machine needle-run lace is in a tendril leaf pattern. Lace overlay on neckline has scalloped edges and is folded over, forming lapels . V-back and enameled zipper with makers mark. Dress has flared skirt with nylon tulle petti...
Record Type: Object
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Portuguese Holy Ghost Festa Costume Dress - Dress
Portuguese Holy Ghost Festa Costume Dress. This dress is white with extensive embellishments which include bead and lace work throughout. The dress is is narrow in the torso and hangs off of the shoulders.
Record Type: Object
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Teal Beaded Flapper Dress, worn with Lace Overlay, c. 1920s - Dress
Teal Beaded Flapper Dress, worn with Lace Overlay, c. 1920s. Pale teal silk sleeveless flapper dress with beaded crepe skirt. Crepe skirt is beaded with clear iridescent bugle beads in a whimsical crescent moon and stars design, and a scroll pattern near hemline. Dress would have been worn with off-white lace overlay (2020.002.005B)
Record Type: Object
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Teal Embroidered Chiffon Flapper Dress, c. 1920s - Dress
Teal Embroidered Chiffon Flapper Dress, c. 1920s. Pale teal satin sleeveless flapper dress with embroidered chiffon overlay on skirt and embroidered chiffon trim on neckline and armscyes. Dress has V-back and dropped waist; and chiffon layer has a gathered waistline. Satin underskirt is two-toned, lower panel is a lighter teal . Crewel-work embroidery in blue, tan and taupe, of a spiraled sun with emanating rays. Dress is handmade, but has machin...
Record Type: Object
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Wedding Dress Bodice of Anna Mary Lewis, 1916 - Dress, Wedding
Wedding Dress Bodice of Anna Mary Lewis, 1916. Ecru-colored silk(?) outer shell is overlain with ecru-colored lace at sleeves, chest and upper back. Lace has a floral/vine motif with horizontal scalloped edging at neck, front and back, and vertical scalloped edging on sleeves and section of sleeve that overlaps chest. Ecru-colored sequin ribbon forms the lower section of a square on both front and back, covering stitching where lace is attache...
Record Type: Object
