UCONN HISTORICAL COSTUME & TEXTILE COLLECTION




1897

Dress


Navy blue polkadot 2-pc silk dress, with a white ruffle trim on the yoke line and down CF and around the hem & sleeve cuffs. Pouter pigeon front. Opens center back with hooks & eyes. The yoke insert is an ivory textured shadow stripe silk with the same fabric used to create the high band collar.




Provenance:
Schreiber, Marilyn, Storrs, CT. Worn by Laura Hapgood Scheiber of Oxford, CT

Construction Label:
homemade



2011C 1897.24