Dress

Title

Dress

Date

1885-

Description

One blue and black sateen and wool knit dress consisting of a jacket and skirt. The jacket is short, has long sleeves and a high neck. The neck, yolk and shoulers are made of blue sateen. The rest of the dress is made of a black and blue wool floral knit. The background is blue with black designs. The jacket has black trim on the cuffs, upper arms and the front opening, yolk and bottom. The top closes with six hook and eye on the left side and underneath with more hook and eye in the center. The jacket has stays and is unlined. The skirt is made of the black and blue wool material. The skirt has black piping in the center of the skirt that is horizontal and two rows. The dress is lined with crinoline and has hood and eye for closure, circa 1885.

Subject

Dress

Source

Plains to Peaks Collective

Relation

https://archiveaspen.catalogaccess.com/api/images/1155/miniature/native

Type

image

References

https://archiveaspen.catalogaccess.com/objects/74818

Citation

“Dress,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 13, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/39929.

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