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The fan-shaped gathering across the front of this dress bodice hides openings over the breasts to allow for nursing an infant. The openings fasten with hooks and eyes.
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Details
- Title: Nursing dress
- Location Created: American
- Type: Costume
- Original Source: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Gift of Mrs. Louis P. Merriman, 1965.474
- Medium: Printed cotton
- Date start: c. 1845
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