Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dress fragment in envelope
Object Number:
INV.11979
Date:
ca. 1777
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 14.3 x 11.1 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: in ink on envelope: "Piece of a Silk Dress worn by Mrs. H. Kip of New Jersey in the year 1777."
Description:
Fragment of beige silk from dress worn by Mrs. H. Kip in 1777.
Gallery Label:
This fragment of silk was part of a dress worn by Mrs. H. Kip of New Jersey in 1777.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
