Accessory, Doll
- Object Name:
- Accessory, Doll
- Date:
- circa1900
- Material:
- Cloth
Wool
Velvet - Dimensions:
- H-39 L-9 Cir-90 inches
- Description:
- Apricot twill weave wool challis doll dress with black velvet ribbon trim. Bodice has 2 inch white needlelace-over-challis front and back yoke insert with 1/4 inch velvet ribbon at neckline and a 2 inch self ruffle, bordered by velvet ribbon, all around the bodice at base of the insert. Bodice is lined with stained white polished cotton. Long 9 inch sleeves end in plain hemmed cuffs. Back has 11 inch opening with 5 hooks and eyes, with the eyes missing. Gathered skirt has single velvet ribbon tacked at waistline and three rows of ribbon around the bottom just above the 2 1/2 inch hem. Side seam has 1 1/2 opening above hem.
- Provenance:
- Hand-made by donor, Lisa Wardlaw's Grandmother, Margaretta Levering Brown. Margaretta was married to Thedore Brown of Cotton Farm, Bean Road. Lisa lives on the property in a 20th Century house neighboring the farmhouse.
- Subjects:
- Doll, Doll clothes, Dress, Toy, Clothing
- Item Number:
- 2012.0059.0003
- Accession Number:
- 2012.0059
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
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- Participating Organization:
- Sandwich Historical Society
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