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Culture:textile: English, European, or Japanese; garment: American
Title:wedding dress
Date Made:circa 1885
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: brown and cream grid-patterned plain weave silk, brown twill weave cotton lining; cast metal buttons
Place Made:textile: England, Europe, or Japan; garment: United States
Accession Number:  HD V.090A
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Fred C. Davis
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Woman's two piece day or wedding dress made of a brown and cream grid-patterned plain weave silk. During the 1880s, dresses exhibited some of the most precisely fitted construction ever seen in women’s fashion. The exacting fit prevented most attempts at mass-manufactured women’s clothing, ensuring continued patronage of dressmakers and tailors, who nevertheless did utilize the sewing machine to stitch straight seams and apply trim. The basque bodice has metal buttons cast in the shape of shells securing the CF bodice opening; and no petersham or waist stay inside the bodice. The skirt has a 5.5” extension that may not be original.; and the silk is not cartridge pleated at CB (thus a repair or tear), but the brown twill weave cotton lining is cartridge pleated.

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