What a delightful surprise! The Seward House is spectacular.
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.