- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Manufactured by
- India Rubber Comb Company, 1854 - 1890
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1865-1875
- Medium
- cotton cloth with vulcanized rubber buttons
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 53 3/4 × 29 1/4 in. (136.5 × 74.3 cm)
- Description
- A brown and cream striped cotton day dress from the Civil War era. The dress has a fitted collarless bodice that buttons at the center front with six (6) black vulcanized rubber buttons marked on the reverse "I.R.C. Co. / 1851. / GOODYEAR". The fitted full-length sleeves have a detail at the wrist with the fabric sewn on the bias. Self-piping is sewn at the gathered waistband, which is more heavily gathered in the back. The skirt is full with a wide hem that falls at or below the ankles. The dress is both machine and hand sewn. The bodice and sleeves are lined with a plain cotton muslin. The skirt is not lined. There is one inset pocket at the proper right hip, with the pocket made from plain cotton muslin.
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- dresses
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Social life and customs
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.34
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




