Dress
Red wool dress inscribed "MB" and "1748", Mount Lebanon, NY
ca. 1805-1810
Description
Handwoven red (madder?) wool, twill. Straight style, high waist only 4 1/2" from armscye. Button front, five horn buttons on dress skirt, pin to close at bodice. Hand sewn. Wool lining at bodice, cotton lining in sleeves. Linings: dark brown plain weave at back, brown and white striped wool, twilled on bodice. Tan cotton plain weave duck in sleeves, blue and white striped cotton at cuffs.
New York Mount Lebanon
