dress


dress

Summary

Cream alpaca printed with small lozenge design in mauve. Trimmed with silk braid. Two piece. Jacket bodice fastening centre front with buttons to high round neck with narrow band, extending below waist to form tabbed basque. Long sleeves. Sewn-down oversleeves forming puff on upper arm. Separate skirt pleated to waistband fastening centre back. Hem edged with mauve cord. Pocket on right.


Object Name

dress

Date Created

1862-1864

Dimensions

Length: 165.1cm
Shoulder to waist: 38.1cm
Hem: 518.2cm
Waist: 66cm

accession number

1947.2431

Medium

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