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Dress
Clothing/Dress/Costume
One gray dress with black accents and lined in assorted brown fabrics. The dress is mostly machine sewn, with small areas of hand sewing. The collar is short and stands up. The front is fastened by a vertical row of black covered buttons. Each side has two, machine sewn in boning. There is an interior, self attached belt with eyehooks. The sleeves are slim and have tightly pleated ruffle at the wrist with a wide black band and a gray/black bow detail. The slim profile front is accented by alternating horizontal, black taffeta bands with pointed ends and a gray and black ribbon bow at the center of each band and gathered panels of the gray fabric. The flounced hem has vertical pleats, top and bottom bands of black, and on the wide pleats, a black band, pointed at one end. The back has two long black vertical strips of the black fabric that extend down until the low bustle begins. The top layer of bustling fabric is rigged together underneath, while the lower layer (which includes the flounced hem), has a band of elastic tape.
2004.039.1
Genesee Country Village and Museum
1875 - 1880
United States of America
North America
Date: 1875-1880
One gray dress with black accents and lined in assorted brown fabrics. The dress is mostly machine sewn, with small areas of hand sewing. The collar is short and stands up. The front is fastened by a vertical row of black covered buttons. Each side has two, machine sewn in boning. There is an interior, self attached belt with eyehooks. The sleeves are slim and have tightly pleated ruffle at the wrist with a wide black band and a gray/black bow detail. The slim profile front is accented by alternating horizontal, black taffeta bands with pointed ends and a gray and black ribbon bow at the center of each band and gathered panels of the gray fabric. The flounced hem has vertical pleats, top and bottom bands of black, and on the wide pleats, a black band, pointed at one end. The back has two long black vertical strips of the black fabric that extend down until the low bustle begins. The top layer of bustling fabric is rigged together underneath, while the lower layer (which includes the flounced hem), has a band of elastic tape.
stand up collar
68 in
14 in
Width at waist
1