Dress panels

probably British, London, Spitalfields

Not on view

Originally from costumes reputed to have been worn by Maria Redman of Philadelphia in 1778 at the Ball of the Mischianza Fête. Mischianza, an entertainment given in Philadelphia, May 18, 1778, during the War of the Revolution, by officers of the British Army, in honor of Sir William Howe, at the country home of Thomas Wharton.

Dress panels, Silk, probably British, London, Spitalfields

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