Dress
Description
Blue, pink, and green plaid silk taffeta dress. Bodice has scalloped neckline to waist and a hook-and-eye front closure. Collar, inner bodice, and undersleeves are made of white muslin trimmed with eyelet embroidery. Two-tiered pagoda sleeves are edged with blue and black silk fringe and two rows of scalloped taffeta at the top of the sleeve. Full gathered skirt with self-piping at waist. Bodice and sleeves lined with brown glazed cotton. This dress was worn by Matilda Bamburger Stein (1831-1919), who was born in Germany and immigrated to America in order to marry.
Creator
Date
circa 1858