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Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Subject: Dresses Collection: Digital Dress Collection Subject: Silk Content Type: Image Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Subject: Women's clothing Subject: Women's clothing Subject: Hand Sewing-
Dress, 1850-1855
An interesting, inexpensive fabric. The sleeve is a little modified from its work dress origins. This was probably the best dress of a lower middle class woman.
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Dress, 1845-1847
The simple bodice indicates that this dress was worn with a lace bertha and sleeve ruffles. The bust improvers, bodice construction and skirt are typical of the period. The dress was possibly remade from an earlier 1830s silk.