evening dress



evening dress

Summary

Yellow silk with corded stripes. Trimmed with piping, ruched yellow silk ribbon and lace. Two piece. Bodice lined with white linen. Wide round neck. Sharply pointed waistline. Centre back fastening with holes for lacing. Very short sleeves. Drawstring in lace at neck. Ruched fawn gauze on sleeves and neck. Separate skirt pleated at sides, centre back fastening. Two pieces of material.


Object Name

evening dress

Date Created

1862-1865

Dimensions

Length: 165.1cm
Shoulder to waist: 35.6cm
Hem: 454.7cm
Waist: 66cm

accession number

1947.2438

Medium

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