Historical information

This dress is hand made possibly by a mother for her daughters. It is hand and machine stitched. This style of dress would have been worn for special occasions, eg going to church or special outings.

Significance

This item is very significant for the following reasons.
Historic and social - it shows what little girls wore during the early 1900's of the Kiewa Valley. It also shows fashion of the times and how these styles of dresses were made.
All of which is valuable for research on these topics.
There are only two of these dresses in the collection of the KVSH, and therefore would be very rare.
The condition is good enough to display, therefore it has good interpretive capacity.

Physical description

Brown Cotton Dress. Top and sleeves are lined in calico. Home made, with manual machine stitches and some hand sewing. The dress has a high round neck and long sleeves. There is a band around the waist to which a gathered skirt it attached with hand stitching. Two different shades of brown are used on this dress. Back opens with 8 hooks.

Inscriptions & markings

Water stains on dress