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Description
The fashionable Juliet sleeves on this mid-1820s green crepe dress are long and straight, with double puffs at the shoulders. The style is representative of a heightened interest in sleeve details during the period. The trim fabric was likely imported, and is remarkably intact.
The fabric is a dark green diamond patterned silk crepe. The dress is lined with brown and natural-colored cotton fabric. The boned, cotton bodice is reinforced with a strip of linen.
The garment is associated with the Leavitt family of Eastport, likely worn by Harriet Lamphrey Leavitt (d.1840), who married into the family in 1824.
About This Item
- Title: Juliet sleeve silk crepe gown, Eastport, ca. 1825
- Creation Date: circa 1825
- Subject Date: circa 1825
- Location: Eastport, Washington County, ME
- Media: silk, cotton, linen
- Dimensions: 139.700 cm x 90.170 cm
- Local Code: A86-76
- Collection: Costume collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Bodices
- Clothing & dress
- Clothing & dress--Maine--Eastport
- Dresses
- Fads
- Silk
- Women's clothing--19th century
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Item 105482
Dress with Juliet sleeves, Eastport, ca. 1822
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