Emancipation Era dress worn by formerly enslaved woman Tempy Ruby Bryant
date: label: Date
content: 1870-1890
name: label: Attributed to
content: Tempy Ruby Bryant, American, born ca. 1848
notes: label: Description
content: A single piece handsewn dress believed to have been worn by the formerly enslaved woman Tempy Ruby Bryant and handed down through her descendants. The dress is composed of a brown and taupe colored floral patterned fabric. The pattern has columns of flowers bordered by dark vertical lines with light vertical lines running through the flowers. The dress has white buttons at the waist, in a single row from waist to collar. Four buttons are missing: one at the waist and three near the collar. There is neat tucking at the waist band and sleeve cuffs.
place: label: Place used
content: Sumter County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Todd E. Robinson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.84
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth with shell or glass buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 53 × 39 in. (134.6 × 99.1 cm)