Plate 87.

Waist of infant’s dress. Worked about 1839 by Miss Elizabeth W. Davenport, daughter of John Alfred Davenport, for her niece, Elizabeth Davenport Wheeler. It was made when the family lived in either New York or Brooklyn, whence they moved to New Haven. Owned by the Litchfield Historical Society; given by Elizabeth Davenport Wheeler’s niece, Miss Emily Wheeler.