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Culture:American (probably)
Title:bodice; waist
Date Made:1863-1867
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: white plain weave cotton printed with small gold stars; black (gutta percha?) buttons
Place Made:United States (probably)
Accession Number:  HD F.540D
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Woman's unlined bodice, known as a waist, made of white cotton that is printed with an all-over tsmall gold star design. The design of the garment features a high waist and is collarless. The bodice, which secures down the center front with black molded buttons (possibly gutta percha, an early plastic) is machine-sewn. Darts from the elevated waistline band provide shaping without cut seams. The garment is an important survival of more practical day garments worn by women in the mid-1860s. The waist would have been paired with a cotton, wool, or silk gown of the period.

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