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Maid's Uniform Cuffs
Maid's Uniform Cuffs

Maid's Uniform Cuffs

Clothing MakerMade by Unknown
Dateabout 1920s-1950s
MediumMachine-stitched cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of each cuff): 3 1/8 x 8in. (7.9 x 20.3cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Bryant Tolles, Jr.
DescriptionMaid's uniform cuffs of sheer white cotton, embellished with rows of applied narrow bias strips that intersect at the corners, creating a grid pattern. The cuffs would have been basted to the dress.
Object number1995.110.36.3a,b
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    Maid's Uniform Collar
    Tolles family
    about 1920s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Apron
    Tolles family
    about 1920s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Cuffs
    Tolles family
    about 1930s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Apron
    Tolles family
    about 1920s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Cap
    Tolles family
    about 1930s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Cap
    Tolles family
    about 1920s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Collar
    Tolles family
    about 1930s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Apron
    Tolles family
    about 1930s-1950s
    Maid's Uniform Apron
    Tolles family
    about 1930s-1950s
    Maid's Apron
    Tolles family
    about 1900-1960
    Maid's Uniform Apron
    Rankin family
    about 1915-1925
    Gift of Sylvia Squires and Debra Harger, 2016.99.19 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Alice Elander
    1910-1950