Women's Dresses from 1850-1910

Title

Women's Dresses from 1850-1910

Accession Number

1999.4.2a-e
1999.4.2 (paper noted as 2a)
1999.4.3 (paper noted as 2b)
1999.4.4 (paper noted as 2c)
1999.4.5 (paper noted as 2d)
1999.4.6 (paper noted as 2e)

Accession Date

02/15/1999

Accession Creator

Carm Hudson

Depositor

Janet E. Kellett

Description

1999.4.2 (2a): Black long dress with black lace
1999.4.3 (2b): Red print dress with a black velvet jacket
1999.4.4 (2c): Blue satin skirt and beige lace top
1999.4.5 (2d): Beige skirt with long overdress
1999.4.6 (2e): Mauve silk bustle dress, handmade 1850s (civil war period)
[Those are the note made on the original donation form. However, 1999.4.6 is actually a Natural Form style that dates to 1876-1878 and was worn without a bustle, though it has substantial gathering of the underskirt that functions as small padding.]

Date

1850-1910

Storage Location

various