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| Title | Mourning dress owned by Esther Burr. |
| Place |
Connecticut |
| Topic | Mourning clothes |
| Genre |
Clothing & dress |
| Theme |
Lifestyle |
| Description | Black silk mourning dress has a high round neckline, dropped shoulder, and slightly high waistline. The skirt is flat in front and pleated around the hips and back. Piecing together of the fabric and former stitching marks indicate that the skirt was remade or the fabric was reused. |
| Notes | Title supplied by cataloger.<br>Gift of Mrs. E. S. Holland. |
| Date created | [between 1865 and 1870] |
| Physical format | 1 dress : silk ; 134.6 x 47 cm. (length x width across shoulders) |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | Accession number: 1977.102.19<br>File name: chs_1977_102_19.jpg<br>File name: chs_1977_102_19dt.jpg |
| Source | The Connecticut Historical Society. |
| Rights | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Hartford. |
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| Title | 17775 |
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