Dress bodice

Status

Not on view

Date1790-1800

Medium/TechniqueCotton

DimensionsOverall: 18 in. (45.72 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, 1949

Object numberW-1525

DescriptionPrinted, brown-striped cotton, closed bodice with three straps buttoning across center front, a wide, rounded neckline, and elbow length sleeves that button at the wrist with The bodice has eyelets at center front for a laced closure and is boned at center front and the five back seams. A large tab extends betow the center front waist and the back of bodice is pointed. The block-printed design consists of undulating horizontal lines of red and black and vertical brown stripes printed on a cream cotton ground pattered in weaving with stripes similar to dimity with twill patterning.
Published References1.) Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States. Committee on Art and Exhibition, CATALOGUE OF THE LOAN COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS, RELICS, AND SILVERWARE EXHIBITED AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK, APRIL 17TH TO MAY 8TH, 1889 (New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, 1889), #457, 102.

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