Collection Highlights

Baby walker

Date:

1700-1800

Object Number:

INV.14959

Medium:

Pine

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Object name

Dress fragment in envelope

Date

ca. 1777

Medium

Silk

Dimensions

Overall: 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 14.3 x 11.1 cm )

Description

Fragment of beige silk from dress worn my Mrs. H. Kip in 1777.

Object Number

INV.11979

Marks

inscribed: in ink on envelope: "Piece of a Silk Dress worn by Mrs. H. Kip of New Jersey in the year 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.