Dress
Description
Fuchsia silk satin open front gown and matching petticoat with pinked ruching around neck and sleeves. Interior of skirt has loops and ties to drape into a polonaise style.
Creator
Date
circa 1780s
Fuchsia silk satin open front gown and matching petticoat with pinked ruching around neck and sleeves. Interior of skirt has loops and ties to drape into a polonaise style.
circa 1780s
Silk
Dress: 15.5 inches (neck to waist), 40 inches (skirt length - front), 46 inches (skirt length - back), 12.5 inches (shoulder), 32 inches (waist), 37 inches (bust); Petticoat: 38 inches (length), 28-31 inches (waist)
2004.39.30
126
The Anne Cheston Murray Collection from Ivy Neck, Cumberstone, Maryland
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