Furnished with comfortable simplicity, (the house) is adorned by the elegant neatness which pervades it in every room, in every corner.
France Seward's Summer Dress
C. 1825
Belonged to William Henry Seward’s wife, Frances Adeline Seward. She is wearing it in a photograph taken in the Seward’s Washington D.C. garden around 1863. This is a white dotted Swiss summer dress with high waist (Empire), wide neck and short double puffed sleeves. Lace on bottom of sleeves.
