Girl's Dress
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Margaret Almira Estey Rankin
(American, 1908 - 2004)
Clothing MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1912
MediumHand-stitched cotton, with mother of pearl buttons and thread-covered wire buttons, and machine-made bobbin lace
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width across shoulders): 29 x 11in. (73.7 x 27.9cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Margaret Rankin
Object number1988.115.3
DescriptionGirl's dress of sheer, white cotton with an unfitted waist, high, round neckline, and elbow-length sleeves. The neckline and bodice are decorated with insertions of bobbin lace. The sleeves are set smoothly into the armscye and are slightly gathered into a cuff of bobbin lace. The center front of the bodice is slightly gathered into the waistband. The skirt is gathered into the waistband and is decorated with two rows of bobbin lace insertion flanking three rows of pin tucks. Below this is a scalloped ruffle of bobbin lace over oval insertions of lace matching those on the bodice. The bottom of the skirt is edged with a narrow and a wider ruffle of lace. The dress opens at the center back for about 18 1/2 inches; it fastens with two mother of pearl buttons at the waistband and six dorset buttons on the bodice.
NotesHistorical Note: This is the dress that the donor, Margaret Almira Estey Rankin (1908-2004), wore as a flower girl at the wedding of a couple named Lawrence and Eva.Status
Not on view
