Day Dress and Capelet

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Day Dress and Capelet
Date1860s
PlaceUnited States
MediumSilk taffeta
DimensionsDress (.A): 61 × 46 in. (154.9 × 116.8 cm)
Other (.B, capelet): 15 × 28 1/2in. (38.1 × 72.4cm)
Credit LineGift of Jas A. Gundry
Object number98.493.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
108 Hevrdejs Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceJas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 1998.

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