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Dress

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Light beige dress with long sleeves and a full, pleated skirt. The dress features small, evenly spaced blue dots scattered across the fabric. A wide waistband cinches at the waist. The neckline and sleeve ends have lace trim. A horizontal strip of fabric with similar blue dots is at the bottom of the skirt. The dress is displayed against a dark background.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
cotton
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 584 px
Museum record:
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