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cotton lace linen thread
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary, donated by Mrs. M.W. Peterson
A tea gown was a luxurious garment for a woman to wear at home while at leisure. Social custom considered it essential to gracious living and dictated that it should be worn after five o’clock. A tight corset was often relaxed beneath the tea gown. One lady recorded that “in a tea gown one feels less pursed up [and that she] would become petulant when the time came for the maid to squeeze her into her tight dress.” This gown was worn by its original owner to a tea party for President Teddy Roosevelt in 1907.
Accession Number: 1983.75.142A-B
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