Woman in a Striped Dress at a Sewing Machine
PhotographerPhotographed by
Union Gallery
Dateabout 1864
MediumPhotograph; albumen print on paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 1/2in. (10.2 x 6.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 1/2in. (10.2 x 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionCarte-de-visite of a woman in a striped dress seated at a treadle sewing magine. She appears to wear a hair net and a ribbon in her hair. There is a ring on her right hand. She is seated in a carved wooden chair. She guides a piece of cloth through the sewing machine. A spool of thread is visible beneath the cloth. A pair of scissors lies on the sewing machine.
Object number2001.14.1
MarkingsA three-cent stamp is affixed to verso, upper center. The stamp bears an engraved portrait of George Washington and the printed text: "U.S. / Inter.Revenue / Three Cents / Proprietary".InscribedAccession number inscribed in pencil on verso, lower center.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Smith-Worthington Saddlery Company
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