nineteenth century burial dress three cast iron coffins from south louisiana contain amazingly well...
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Nineteenth Century Burial Dress
• Three cast iron coffins from South Louisiana contain amazingly well preserved garments from 1850s male and female burials and provide an unprecedented research opportunity
• Textile remains from the other burials have been more fragmentary
Mid-nineteenth Century Cast Iron Coffin Burials
Garments from 1850s Louisiana burial
• Embroidered chemisette
• Embroidered undersleeve
• Waist band on petticoat
• Cloth shoe
Alice Taylor, 1840-1859
Burial garment fragments from chemise and nightgown and detail of trim on ruffled yolk of nightgown
Col. Lewis DeRussy, 1795-1864• Detail of red brocade on waistcoat fabric
• Porcelain buttons and fabric button holes from waistcoat
•Col. DeRussy
• Late 1850s man’s white waistcoat from LSU Historic Textile and Costume Museum, believed to be similar to the one worn by Col. DeRussy