Child's Print Silk Twill Petticoat Dress, about 1885

Description:: White silk twill dress with printed blue sprigs, attached long-sleeved lace chemisette, and petticoat. High ruffled lace collar and ruffled lace sleeve cuffs. Self-fabric piping. Self-fabric sash around waist; bow-tied in center-back; padded to form slight bustle. Center-back button closures. Glazed cotton lining. Cotton petticoat with lace hem visible below dress hem, which is slit into panels. Machine lace. Machine and hand-sewn; dressmaker made. This is a fashionable princess-line party dress for a young middle-class girl, with a cuirass body shape and a slight bustle that mimicked adult women's styles of the time. It belonged to the Cutler family of Detroit, Michigan.
Date Issued:: [1880 TO 1890]
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and The Henry Ford
Collection:: Digital Dress Collection
Place:: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Subject Topic:: Dresses and Children's clothing
Format:: clothing
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URL:: http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:EM02_74_32_3