Item 105780 - Flannel teagown house-dress, Portland, ca. 1875

Item 105780 - Flannel teagown house-dress, Portland, ca. 1875
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Item 105780
Flannel teagown house-dress, Portland, ca. 1875
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White flannel tea gown, also known as a wrapper dress, worn around the house. The house-dress includes a full length mother-of-pearl inlay button front closure, pink trimmings, and pink lined, fancy pleated detailing along the hemline. Additional pleated fabric attached at center waist back falls into a train. Appropriate undergarments were still worn to create the bustle shape, despite being less formal in appearance.

The piece is associated with Sarah Maria (Lowell) Morse (1855-1938) of Portland.

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