For nearly a decade, sleuths had tried to decode a cryptic note discovered in the silk bustle dress. An analyst finally cracked the case. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Sara Rivers Cofield was on her usual ...
The dress was a silk bustle dress from the 1880s, according to NOAA, and it was found by Sara Rivers Cofield in an antique mall in Maine in 2013. Upon closer inspection, Rivers Cofield discovered the ...