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Boy's dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2020.3.3.9.CC.DR.C1885.XX
Description
Brown tartan silk boys dress with ivory cutwork lace collar and cuffs, also called Richelieu work, or Richelieu embroidery. Back buttons closure and bowknot on back hips line.
 
Materials
Silk
Cutwork lace
Origin
circa 1885 Probably American
Exhibitions History
• 2019.07.12–2019.10.25. ‘On the road. 1880–1915.’ Together with Museum Ribinsk, Russia and Ventspils museum, Ventspils, Latvia. Ventspils museum (The Castle of Livonian Order), Ventspils, Latvia.
• 2020.05.23–2020.10.07. ‘The Elegance of the Manor (1850–1914). From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Daugyvene museum-reserve of cultural history (Burbiskis Manor), Radviliskis district, Lithuania.