dress
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1825-1829
- Event --
- Affiliation Canadian
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Object Number A-2502
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Murray Bay, Township / District - Charlevoix-Est, County of
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1825/01/01
- Latest 1829/12/31
- Pattern Name floral motif
- Materials Cotton
- Person / Institution Associated party, Nairne, Colonel John
- Measurements Length 144.0 cm, Width 54.0 cm, Thickness 14.0 cm
- Caption Comments on this dress from the Nairne family
- Additional Information English-style dress made of fine, banded cotton that has been woodblock-printed in pattern of diagonal, saw-tooth-edged white stripes with florets in lattice; brown ground with polychrome flower spray repeat. Selvedge-to-selvedge is 86.0 cm. Dress has a short bodice with open fronts, drawstrings at the waist from side seams, and tabs at back for belt; lined with white cotton tabby. A tie at centre front forms a deep 'V' neckline. Back of the dress is cut in three pieces. Sleeves are full at shoulders, and taper to narrow open wristbands. Skirt is cut with a short drop front from a selvedge-to-selvedge length, and gathered to narrow band at top with long tie at each end. Back is made of two selvedge-to-selvedge lengths gathered to bodice. There are three lines of wadding around the hem, and a wadded tuck above it; pocket slits; belt is missing. This dress has been dated the second half of the 1820s, and was worn by a member of the Nairne family. Wadded hems like this were worn in the second half of the 1820s; drop fronts were worn throughout that decade.