Dress
ca. 1862 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Boy's dress of white cotton piqué trimmed with laid and couched red and white braid in trefoil and Greek key and clover leaf patterns. The dress has a round neck and wrist-length sleeves. It has a button and loop fastening under the pleats at the back bodice and buttons at the wrist.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton piqué and braid |
| Brief description | Boy's dress, cotton piqué, made in England, ca. 1862 |
| Physical description | Boy's dress of white cotton piqué trimmed with laid and couched red and white braid in trefoil and Greek key and clover leaf patterns. The dress has a round neck and wrist-length sleeves. It has a button and loop fastening under the pleats at the back bodice and buttons at the wrist. |
| Credit line | Given by Lieut. Colonel P F White |
| Object history | Given by Lt-Col P F White (RF 71/709). Worn ca. 1862 by his father Ephraim White, born ca. 1857 (birth registered 2nd quarter in Lincolnshire). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.119-1971 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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