Skirt and jacket (1887)

Etching and embroidery on silk

$800.00

"Sarah was my great grandmother. She married at 16 . Her husband was a man who loved women and he never stopped seeing others. When she was pregnant with my grandfather, she sat on the front porch of her parents' home watching for him for the last 3 weeks before she gave birth. She died in Childbirth and when he finally came home, his wife was dead and he had a son. He left the child with the grandparents and went west. I have her dress. I copied it in the silk organdy."

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