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Wedding Shoes 1868
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Cornelia Miranda Redington Carter was born in Vermont in 1846 and died in Ohio in 1934. Her father was a Justice of the Peace. She married a Mr. Carter on November 11, 1868, and wore these very shoes on that special day. A classic pair of ivory silk satin shoes with two part uppers bound in silk faille, cloth and kid leather linings, kid foot beds, inner heel supports, rounded square toes, Louis French heels, and straight leather soles. 8 3/4" heel to toe and 1 3/4" wide outside measure. The shoes come with an older museum accession tag with the owner's name and her date of marriage on it. In very good clean sound condition, with some minor age scuffs and spots, some surface wear to both heel tops and some spotting to the foot beds from construction. Lovely documented 1868 wedding shoes from this 22 year old bride.
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white muslin day cap, 1850
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1850 lady's snow white muslin day cap with beautiful drawnwork and embroidered sprig whitework. Piped at the crown, with a fine inner curtain drawstring and streamers with scalloped button holes edges that match the trim of the cap.
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Wine and Blue Stripe Silk Taffeta Gown
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Civil War period antique gown from Connecticut. It is made of wine and blue changeable stripe silk taffeta. There is a purple undertone. The bodice is trimmed with a deep fringe around the dropped shoulder area. The sleeves have a double flounce that are trimmed with purple braiding.. The bodice is lined with cotton and closes up the back with hooks, eyes and silk buttons. The neck, armscyes and waist are all piped. The skirt is decorated with three rows of wine silk and is lined with cotton. The two piece gown is in good condition. There is underarm discoloration, splits and old period repairs under each arm.Bust 32 Waist 24. Length of skirt 42 ins.
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Wool Plaid Dress, 1860s
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This hand sewn dress is one piece in design and is constructed from lightweight wool in a very attractive blue/black plaid. The bodice of the dress is lined in medium weight brown cotton and sleeves are lined in brown polished cotton; skirt is lined only at the hem with blue polished cotton and hem is bound with black cotton twill tape. The dress features dropped shoulders and is piped at the armsyces and waist; bodice is darted but stayed and the back is the classic V; sleeves are two piece coat style with nice wide elbows. Closure is down the center front with hooks and eyes and the 9 velvet covered buttons are purely decorative. The bodice and sleeves are decorated with a ribbon. The skirt is box pleated in the center front with tight, cartridge pleating on the sides and back; there is also a polished cotton pocket in the right front/side. A narrow, eyelet type trim has been tacked inside the collar and looks to be original to the garment. Bust 34, Waist 34, Length 53 and Hem Circumference 144.
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Woven straw and crochet cotton bonnet
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Wrapper, Princess Style, Wool-Silk Blend
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Late 1860s--1870s dressing gown/wrapper done in the princess style so popular at the time. This one piece garment is constructed from a medium weight wool or wool/silk blend in a pleasing print of botehs and flowers on a dark, chocolate brown background. Gown is fully lined in brown cotton and features dropped shoulders with piping at the armsyces. Sleeves are two piece coat style and have a nice, wide, curved elbow; there is a pocket in the right side of the skirt. Gown opens from neck to about the knee and uses brown composition buttons for closure; there are a total of 14 of these buttons present, the top 10 being functional the others decorative, I think originally there were probably a few more that would have gone all the way to the hem but I do not know for sure. It appears that the original hem has been taken down at some point which gives it kind of a ruffled effect but there is a narrow hem still present. Bust 36 inches, Waist 32 inches, Length down center front 54 inches and down center back 57 inches, the hem circumference is 100 inches.
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