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Woman's dress of white satin

1817
Object PlaceEngland or U.S.A.
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin, cotton plain weave, wool batting, metal hook and eye closures
Dimensions128 x 107 cm (50 3/8 x 42 1/8 in.) measured flat for flat storage, width due to deeply padded hem. L. around waist band .588
Credit LineGift of the children of Mrs. M. A. DeWolfe Howe (Fanny Huntington Quincy), Miss Helen H. Howe, Quincy Howe, and Mark DeWolfe Howe
Accession number44.11
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
a-b
about 1840
Evening dress
Elizabeth Hawes
1935–37
a-b
About 1890
Group shot: 51.684a-b
1860
a-b
about 1840
Evening dress
Farquharson & Wheelock
about 1918
Woman's dress
Claire McCardell
late 1940s–1950s
White mull dress
early 19th century
Dress
about 1840