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Skirt
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Skirt

Original OwnerOriginally owned by the family of Eliza Wadsworth American, 1850 - 1922
Clothing MakerMade by Unknown
Dateabout 1900-1905
MediumMachine-stitched cotton, with non-ferrous metal hooks and eyes.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (front of skirt length): 43 1/2in. (110.5cm)
Skirt (back of skirt length x circumference): 44 1/2 x 171 1/2in. (113 x 435.6cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Emory Robotham
DescriptionWoman's skirt of black and white printed striped cotton. The gored skirt is embellished with a 3 1/2-inch-wide self-fabric ruffle around the bottom. A 1 5/8-inch-wide self-fabric belt encircles the waist; it fastens with a hook and eye at the pointed end which covers the skirt's waistband opening at the center back. The skirt opening extends 9 1/2 inches and fastens with hooks and eyes on the waistband. The plain, white cotton lining of the skirt is incorporated into the skirt's structure at the waistband and hangs separate from the fashion fabric.
Object number2001.130.3
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Dress
    Jennie Holcomb Yale
    about 1894-1898
    Dress
    Seymour family
    about 1893-1896
    Front of dress with one petticoat
    Unknown
    about 1905-1915
    Dress
    Mrs. Charles B. Smith
    about 1890
    Dress
    Hofer family
    about 1905-1910
    Dress
    Editha Laura Jacobs
    1896
    Dress
    Unknown
    about 1893-1894
    Front of dress with evening bodice 2.

Gift of Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe and Mrs. Gilbert A. Wick…
    Mary Jane Buel
    about 1890-1895, altered from earlier dress
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1115  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    about 1897
    Lucy Mather Brace
    about 1897-1898
    Dress
    Jennie Holcomb Yale
    about 1895