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.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Silk Link to share this object record:
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