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
Collection Group
Medium
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