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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1962.009
Date:
1910-1920
Description:
Dress, three-piece. Black silk. Fitted and boned bodice (a), with three pleats from shoulders, front and back to belt with three folds. Six black, covered, buttons on each side of tucked vestee. Long, tight sleeves with wide-tucked oversleeves. Lined with black cotton. Long skirt (b) with double inverted pleats on each side, fullness at back and placket. Covered buttons down each of side pleats. Lined with black, stiffened cotton. Second skirt of black satin, slightly longer. Covered buttons down one side of front, pocket on other side. Velvet binding on hem. Brown cotton lining. Cotton twill lining in bodice and cambric in skirt. Satin and cambric petticoat (c).
Material:
Textile
Silk
Skeletal
Cotton
Credit Line:
Gift of Shirley C. Blackwood
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