Exhibition

Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
Broadbent Gallery: July 26, 2003, to January 18, 2004
Anne Bissonnette, Curator

 
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White Muslin Gown à la Mathilde
with Center Front and Hem Embroidery
Unknown maker and place or origin, ca. 1804-1811.
Worn by Miss Anna Cutter, possibly in the Boston Area.
Collection of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Boston, X1994.64.

 

 

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