Monday, June 14, 2010

White Cotton Dress With Tassel Ties, 1815

The first piece of clothing from the Greene Collection that we are highlighting is a gorgeous White Cotton Dress with Tassel Ties, 1815.

This dress is entirely hand stitched fine white cotton. It has a stomacher front opening with a very high waist and long tubular sleeves and a small collar. The skirt is gored and the plied string ties with tassels fasten in the front. It has domed Dorset buttons which are a masterpiece themselves!

This dress is from an Interlaken antique dealer. There are many pieces from this dealer in the collection and they all came from the same attic!

2 comments:

  1. So beautiful! I bet this is an amazing collection. I look forward to viewing more!

    --Samantha, museumgirl22
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  2. Samantha-It is a really wonderful collection! You're going to love the posts that we have planned about it!

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