Dress

Blue floral print cotton dress and bertha, Mount Lebanon, NY

20th century

Object ID:
2006.13.4a,b
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Shaker
Description

Shirt-waist style long-sleeved dress (a) of blue cotton fabric with floral print. Dress opens at front from neck to well-below waistline with no obvious evidence of a means of closure. Machine-sewn with hand-finishing. Bertha (b) is yoke-shaped and of the same fabric applied lace trim at neck. Front opening has five faux button on the exterior and closes with four snaps sewn from neck to bottom. Dress and bertha show little to no evidence of wear.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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