Dress
Description
Sally Adams Hollingsworth wore this embroidered silk dress in 1789 when she and her husband Samuel traveled to New York City and attended a ball honoring George Washington’s presidential inauguration. In 1814, Sally received the honor of being listed among other patriotic ladies of Baltimore for donating old linen and food to the city hospital in anticipation of an attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The original quilted silk petticoat is also in the collection, but was transformed into a cape in the 1920s by a descendant.
Creator
Date
1789