Ball Gown and One in Fancy Dress
Object/Artifact
One wears white ball gown, very low pointed décolletage edged with pink ribbon and simple frills. Short frilled sleeves, deep pointed waist, overskirt with double row of similar trim above hem, curved up at side to reveal simple underskirt. The other is wearing a rather eclectic orientalist mix--low neckline of black brocade [?] with very generous, hanging bell sleeves pulled up above the elbow, a diagonally stripe black/green short skirt with a short red open skirt topped with a long, wide white fringed sash twisted around the waist and hanging to the hem-- and what appears to be a Turkish cap with tassel.
2022.35.0537
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Petit Courrier Des Dames, Plate No. 1708
1841
Old Number
2010.073.38
Paper