Dress

Designer M. A. Connelly American, born Ireland

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By the 1880s, an American dress such as this one gave obvious clues of eighteenth-century revival: the polonaise at the back and lace garnissements. Antithetically, Victorian America did not wholly yield to the rococo, and a dour brown velvet and high neckline bespeak a much more reserved and bourgeois culture. The dressmaker's label is "M. A. Connelly, 7 East 16th Street, New York."

Dress, M. A. Connelly (American (born Ireland), County Cork 1834–1958 New York), silk, American

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Dress, M. A. Connelly (American (born Ireland), County Cork 1834–1958 New York), silk, American
Dress, M. A. Connelly (American (born Ireland), County Cork 1834–1958 New York), silk, American
Dress, M. A. Connelly (American (born Ireland), County Cork 1834–1958 New York), silk, American
Dress, M. A. Connelly (American (born Ireland), County Cork 1834–1958 New York), silk, American
Dress, M. A. Connelly (American (born Ireland), County Cork 1834–1958 New York), silk, American

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