dress
Summary
Silk and cotton purple plush velvet. Bodice is lined with striped cotton, faced at hem, cuff and inside collar with purple cotton. High round neck with standing collar fastening with hooks and eyes. Open down front to pointed waist, fastening with twenty small buttons. Short bones in all seams. Hair braid belt inside waist, fastening CF with metal buckle, metal hook Cb for joining to skirt. Long sleeves. Skirt is lined with purple glazed cotton. Hem faced with purple wool. Cb has small semi-circular pad inside, open down CB and fastening with hook and eye.
Object Name
dress
Date Created
1893-1895
Dimensions
Bodice side: 16ins
Bodice CF: 19ins
Skirt: 40ins
Hem: 130ins
Waist: 28ins
accession number
1965.152
Collection Group
Medium
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