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SQUARE-DANCING DRESS

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Currently in storage


About this object

Navy plainweave cotton dress printed with red flowers, green and yellow leafs, and geometric hatchlines. Elbow-length-sleeves are gathered at the shoulderline to form puffs, then compressed by smocking at the biceps. The round neckline features a ruffle created by smocking and the bodice is gathered into a wide pointed waist panel. Full circle skirt trimmed with a 16

Navy plainweave cotton dress printed with red flowers, green and yellow leafs, and geometric hatchlines. Elbow-length-sleeves are gathered at the shoulderline to form puffs, then compressed by smocking at the biceps. The round neckline features a ruffle created by smocking and the bodice is gathered into a wide pointed waist panel. Full circle skirt trimmed with a 16

Object name:
SQUARE-DANCING DRESS
Made from:
plainwoven cotton
Made in:
USA
Date made:
ca. 1945
Size:
Center Front 39 in., Shoulder 18 in., Bust 32 1/2 in., Waist 26 in., Center Back 41 1/2 in., Skirt 29 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2018.5.4
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Gift of Jan King Evans-Houser, 2018