cabinet photograph

C H Bergamasco

Summary

Full length portrait of a woman wearing an evening dress and standing in a room beside a desk with books, a dark velvet drape and a large wooden carved plant stand with a decorative vase of various plants. Painted studio backdrop of interior walls and a floral patterned carpet on the floor. The woman has wavy hair pinned up with a white flower and tumbling curls. She is wearing a white satin and dark satin dress with embroidery down the centre front either side extending to the skirt hem. She has a plunging neckline and a pearl pin and elbow length sleeves with a falling frill cuff. Her bodice extends over her hips and the front part of her skirt is mostly dark satin with a hem trimmed with white tassels. Her skirt has a long white satin train with a pleated trim at the hem.