Description: short sleeve cream infant's dress. Embroidery on scalloped collar and down front of dress. Two buttons for closure of back opening. Large vertical stain in front right shoulder area. Sleeves cuffed.
Description: Pink and brown plaid long sleeve cotton dress. Sleeves very puffy at shoulder and taper to cuff. Gathered waist. Hooks in back. Letters imprinted on fabric on right cuff. Only the letter “P” is legible. Hand sewn. Probably fits a teenager. Also stored in Textile Box # T-2 with the dress is a brown fringed shawl with a bow in the upper center back; this appears to be the same color brown as the dress and may have been part of an outfit. The shawl is numbered 997-72-561.2. [show more]
Description: Child’s long sleeved. blue sprigged dress with white flowers. Lace and round white buttons down center of bodice. Ties and zips in back. Ruffle at hem. Appears to be a costume for the Bicentennial.
Description: Floral dress (orange, gold, pink, green, black) with black ribbon and black buttons (over snaps) on bodice. Short sleeves. Two ruffles at bottom. Machine sewn. Two hooks and eyes at waist band. May be a costume. Tiers of ruffles and sleeves trimmed with black cotton.
Description: Knee length black women’s dress with long sleeves and blue lining inside collar and under sash and cuffs. Wide sash around waist. Wide collar folds over neck. Hook and eye at shoulder and side.
Description: Black flapper style dress with "petal" tiers. Shoulder straps hidden by tulle. Lace around sleeves. Silver leaved embroidery around top on both front and back. Snaps in back.
Description: White Wedding Dress with ruffles and polka dotted pleats and bodice. Worn by Eunice Catherine Palmer (1887-1987) on 6/11/21 for her wedding to Dr. PFM. Gilley, dentist and resident of Southwest Harbor (parents of donor). More info in file
Description: Embroidered and ruffled infant dress, with lace around high waist, lace down left front and along the scalloped hem. Eyelets on chest and sleeves.
Description: Full length dress. Victorian style, black and grey figured cotton with lace trim at neck and sleeve edge. Black ric-rack trim sewn to neck, wrist, bodice, and ruffle bottom of skirt. Attached sash in matching fabric. Machine sewn with hand sewn trim and button holes. Small size, likely for a child.
Description: Full length dress. Black taffetta. Two rows of covered black buttons on the bodice. One short row of covered buttons on the skirt of the dress. Pleated waistband. Decorative pleated sash hanging from the waistband on the back of the dress.
Description: Full length dress. White linen. Metal snaps and hook-n-eye closures in the front. Gauze embroidered fabric in front, collar, and on sleeve cuffs. Machine stitching throughout. May be a replica of 1800's style schoolgirl's dress.
Description: 1950's lace blouse,black and white patchwork skirt, and black fabric sash. Three pieces in dress outfit. Blouse: 001-56.29b Skirt: 001-56.29a Sash: 001-56.29c
Description: Tiered net lace v necked short sleeve dress. Lined. Very light beige or apricot color. Appears to have been altered and shortened. Hook and eye closures in the back.
Description: Woman's pink dress from the 1940s, Pink with center row of button covered in same fabric from neckline to hem Lace collar and and lace and ribbons on two front pockets. Waist gathered on sides. Three button opening at back. Belt attached.
Description: Two-piece blue crepe outfit with cherry blossom pattern. Bodice has sleeves ending in flared net. Front has stays and delicate handwork. Net collar and net rusching across back. Skirt has three tiers of net at the bottom. Satin ribbon decorations.