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Object Name
Dress
Object Number
1966-01-154
Description
Dress of printed cotton; repeating design of solid yellow vertical stripe and white stripe with purple and red flowers; off the shoulder neckline; short sleeves trimmed with two rows of pleats; front of dress gathered at angles from a wide corded waist band; plain back fastened with hooks and eyes; full skirt (bell shaped) gathered at waist and has two hems
Comment
Belonged to donor's grandmother, Jane M. Wadhams, a Litchfield Female Academy student (1830-1832) who married Henry Ward Stevens in 1845. Jane was born in Goshen, CT and daughter of David Wadhams (1769-1830) a local merchant.
Category
Personal Artifacts
Date Made
ca. 1850
Materials
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