Digital Collection
1957.108.087

Dress

One lady's pale blue silk and paisley print dress. The dress has a high round collar of ivory lace, short sleeves with matching lace cuffs, and hook/eye closures at the back. It has bands of an elaborate green/brown/gold embroidered floral design around the collar, at the edges of the sleeves, and on the left and right sides of the bodice, both front and back. The bodice has a subtle blue/green/brown paisley print pattern with a similar pattern located on the lower portion of the skirt. Ruffled bands of matching paisley fabric are located on the shoulders and down the outside of each sleeve. A similar ruffle band runs down the left side of the skirt with matching silk rosettes at each end. The full skirt has two tiers and has an underskirt of green silk. The skirts are gathered at the waist which includes an attached 3-inch wide cummerbund of blue silk. No manufacturer's labels are shown.

Date
c.1909
Collection
Material
Silk/Lace
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