Emancipation Era dress worn by formerly enslaved woman Tempy Ruby Bryant
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Attributed to
- Bryant, Tempy Ruby, American, born ca. 1848
- Date
- 1870-1890
- Medium
- cloth with shell or glass buttons
- Dimensions
- H x W: 53 × 39 in. (134.6 × 99.1 cm)
- Description
- A single piece handsewn dress believed to have been worn by the formerly enslaved woman Tempy Ruby Bryant and handed down through her descendants. The dress is composed of a brown and taupe colored floral patterned fabric. The pattern has columns of flowers bordered by dark vertical lines with light vertical lines running through the flowers. The dress has white buttons at the waist, in a single row from waist to collar. Four buttons are missing: one at the waist and three near the collar. There is neat tucking at the waist band and sleeve cuffs.
- Place used
- Sumter County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- dresses
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Emancipation
- Families
- Freedom
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Todd E. Robinson
- Object number
- 2018.84
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.