Dress

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

This dress was purchased in 1888, by Mrs. Joseph Wells Stevens of Greenfield, Massachusetts. She also purchased a matching bonnet. The dress still retains the label of the Boston shop where it was purchased. Dressmakers’ stitched labels began to appear in clothing about the middle to end of the 1800s.

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Details

Item typeClothing
CreatorC. E. Lee
Date1888
PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
TopicClothing, Textile, Fashion, Costume
EraRise of Industrial America, 1878–1899
MaterialCloth
Catalog #1978.44.13
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C. E. Lee. Dress. 1888. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1978-44-13/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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