Partly machine-stitched dress made of recycled 1840s dress. Made of thin delaine with a ‘lollipop’ design on brown ground. Now the bodice is machine stitched with new cambric lining and finished seam allowances as appropriate for 1890. No boning. Extra side back seam, high armscyes, sleeve caps slightly high. The skirt cartridge pleated onto the bodice, the center front opening. Pocket. Hem faced with the Alizarin printed design of the 1850s. Apparently, a skirt panel was used for the new bodice, probably also original bodice sections. Fairly high-standing collar. The 1890s faced metal buttons. No attempt at a fashionable skirt silhouette. For a tall and extremely slender or youthful figure.