Two-piece cotton dress: bodice and skirt. Lightweight fabric, white with blue thistle plant print. Button front with round mother-of-pearl buttons on bodice. Pleated front and back. Stand up collar, long sleeves. Vertical pleats on front, 5 on each side. Buttons along waist which correspond with buttonholes on skirt. Ruffles are seewn onto the skirt 20in below the waist and at the skirt's hem. A .25in tuck allows the skirt to be lengthened.
Infant's dress. Lightweight, white, gauzy fabric with 4in wide eyelet border. Eyelet yoke edged top and bottom with commercial lace and pink thread and beads. 16.5 in long skirt gathered / flared from bottom of yoke. 5.5in of eyelet lace at bottom of skirt. Pink ribbon through lace at neck. Back opening about halfway down, with bound placket, seam below is machine stitched french seam. Button holes, both sides.
Black satin dress with bodice and skirt. Heavy material. Bodice has front buttons made of braid-lined jet, faceted on sides. Mandarin collar and long sleeves. Gathered fan-like tail with two pointed tabs. Jacket flares at waist. Flat spiraled piping in s
Black two-piece dress with bodice and skirt. Black grosgrain (silk?). Bodice is simple with plain collar. Faceted jet buttons down front. Plain long sleeves. Fan-like 'tail' on back. Skirt is bustle-style. Heavy with short ruffle at bottom hem. Overskirt
Cotton dress. Olive drab background with green polka dots and bunches of flowers. Flowers are daisy-like, pink, purple, and white with tan grass sprigs. Drop sleeves have green velvet buttons near shoulder seam; cuff has ruched grosgrain ribbon: green wi
Tan and brown two-piece dress with bodice and skirt. Tan fabric with vertical rows of brown chain-like pattern. Brown velvet V-yoke and collar. Brown velvet cuffs and buttons. Apron-like overskirt sewn onto underskirt. Bustle-style. Pleated skirt. Some r
Two-piece silk dress with bodice and overskirt. Gray-green fabric with olive trim, yoke, and fringe. Colonial revival style. Bodice has fake jacket with ruching along edge. Thread-covered button closure down front. No collar. Braid and knotted fringe.
beautifully detailed heavy satin top with long sleeves, exquisitly crafted buttons and fringed from short front all along the longer portion in the back. Bulk appear greyish with drab green trim. Fringe is light green and some threads on buttons appear aqua. Sleeves (19.5in long) flare at cuffs that are decorated 5 layers of raduated ruffles on upper portion of cuff. The top of this triangle of ruffles sports a fabric bow. All trim is made of main fabric with drab green trim also used for the triangle faux tab wiht a button at the point that extends from the ruffles to the inside of the sleeve.
Ruffles run the length of the front beneath a band of fabric trim. A front right section of drab green silk from neck to waist contains 12 1in buttonholes. On the left 6 buttons remain (a 7th is pinned to acard) and 1 buttoncover that shows the fine stitching. Two triangular pieces ith trim are seamed at the front armholes with the mitered tip of the handsewn triangles pointing toward the center front. Two bust darts on both sides are stiffened with stays. BOth straight and chain stitch on seams that are hand overcast. Double construction with tan polished cotton on inside of entire garment. Commercially made cord fringe, 3.5in long, are sewn into lower edge around entire top.
Back: Olive green silk piece from neck tapers to a point at center back. Along inside edge, pointing to top, are trimmed ruffles with a 1in wide trimmed border band of main fabric. In addition to side seams there are 2 curved seam fromarm seams to the center back waist where a large bow is attached. The back 13in below the bow is trimmed with sides folded to a center pleat. Outer edges of pleat are trimmed with fringe. Inside of back pane; is lined with drab green silk.
Cotton dress. Wide, open neck and plain, bloused front. Hook-and-eye closure down back to waist. Gathered slightly at waist which is straight. Bodice lined in lightweight white fabric. Boning in lining. Slightly dropped shoulders with double-puffed style
White linen dress. Long sleeves slightly gathered at cuff, which is crocheted. Front has four sets of double pleats. Scooped neck with crocheted collar. Eyelet / embroidery work in white on each side of the chest. Belt loop on each side of hips. No waist
Dress worn at Behren's graduation from Stevens High School (formerly on the corner of Chestnut and Charlotte streets) in 1912. Cream colored lace. Donor thinks that a sash was once worn with it. Opens down back and fastens with hooks and eyes. Elbow-length sleeves. Calf/ankle length skirt. A dress or fine slip would have been worn beneath. Dress owned by donor's mother.
