Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
This plaid wool two-piece dress with low set shoulders is an example of later 1860s styles. A black scalloped trim accentuates the sloped shoulders on the straight-sleeve bodice. Waist pleating at the back accommodates a bustle, newly fashionable by 1868.
This dress is associated with Sarah S. (Moore) Wilson (1842-1926) of Waterford. She married local physician Charles L. Wilson. The dress likely dates from between 1865 and 1870.
About This Item
- Title: Sarah Moore's wool plaid dress, Waterford, ca. 1868
- Creation Date: circa 1868
- Subject Date: circa 1868
- Location: Waterford, Oxford County, ME
- Media: wool, cotton, glass
- Local Code: 2015.130.004 a,b
- Collection: Costume collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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