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Dress

Object/Artifact

Brown silk rep or faille day dress, embroidered by hand with circles and half-moons. Bodice has center front panel gathered lace in a deep V. High round collar. Tight sleeves. CF hook and eye closure. CB has tails to splay over a bustle. Skirt is of same brown silk rep/faille fabric with portions hand-embroidered. Bottom hem of skirt has two layers - crenelated layer first, then overlay layer with brown/green velvet stripes horizontally.

G2022.26.003a-c

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1883 - 1887

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

1880s

Brown

hand-embroidery

half-moon

BUstle

bodice

skirt

remnant

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