Dress
Taupe brown silk blend dress, Canterbury, NH
1870-1900
Description
Woven silk or silk/wool blend, diagonal twill. Apron-front dress, opens on both sides, pin to close. Skirt pleated all around, metered 3/4" pleats. Bodice and sleeves are lined with tan polished cotton. Two-piece sleeve with applied cuff cut on an angle. Dress almost entirely machine-sewn. Some hand stitching is evident, band of waist is hand-stitched and seams are hand over-cast.