Description:
Child's dress made of powder blue silk with a white, needlerun lace band around the short, circular neckline, which was made (machine stitched) by Susan Melissa Burgess Dexter (1852-1940) for her older daughter, Mattie Ethel Dexter (b.1878), to wear to a wedding. The short- style dress, which probably extended to the knee, has very short, capped sleeves with white lace band on insides of each sleeve; three box pleats in front extending down to the low waist which is formed by shirring across front; a bow on either side of waist, each with a pleated sash extending to back waist center and a sash ends tie around each other once and sewn in place, with the ends hanging freely. The bodice closes in back with 14 mother-of-pearl buttons extending from top of dress down to the sashed waist. The 2" hem of dress has box pleating except for center front. Also see wedding dress (HD 85.080) worn by Susan Burgess Dexter. Formerly HD F.1011.
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