LINGERIE DRESS

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

This garment, typically known as a lingerie dress, was worn in late morning or early afternoon at home. The outer jacket, assumed to have been worn over a blouse, may indicate that it could also have been worn for calling. The style and fabric suggests late spring, early summer wear. The medium weight linen is decorated with open lacework and cotton embroidery in a flower motif. The shawl shaped collar closes in center front with one fabric frog. The tubular skirt is tight fitting over the hips, falling to a slightly fuller shaped hem which is cut straight and even to the floor.

Object name:

LINGERIE DRESS

Made from:

Linen -- cotton embroidery

Made in:

USA

Date made:

1910-1913

Size:

Jacket: 16 × 14 × 14 1/2 in. (40.6 × 35.6 × 36.8 cm) Skirt: 43 × 42 × 54 × 25 1/2 in. (109.2 × 106.7 × 137.2 × 64.8 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

48.16.1-2

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973