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Women's Day Dress

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Women's Day Dress

Day dress of white cotton, printed with black dots, worn with an embroidered handkerchief of fine white cotton trimmed with French Valenciennes lace, French or English 1780-1800.
The dress has a low neckline and a plain short-waisted bodice, which wraps over at the front, and a long narrow skirt falling elegantly into a train at the back.

Place: England

Object Type: day dress

Period: George III

Broad Date: Regency

Actual Date: c. 1802

Century: 19th century

Material: Cotton

Museum Accession Number: 1963.377/CST.540