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Dress

2014.198.4

Name
Dress
History Category
Significant Dates
1880-1890
Description
Dress
Black coloured silk; machine and hand stitched; black coloured circular pattern; white coloured silk v- neckline with black coloured sheer overlay with black coloured embroidery and black coloured velvet decorative loops on the proper right side; hook and eye closure down the front; the pattern around the neckline is three black and yellow coloured loops on either side of a geometric pink, blue, white, brown and gold coloured embroidered design with semi-circles of black coloured ribbon on one side; pleated shoulders with black coloured silk ruffles; long sleeves, the outer sleeve is black coloured silk with a ruffle and the inner sleeve is black coloured net with a small white coloured silk piece on the end with black coloured overlay with black coloured embroidery; black coloured woven? waistband with three black coloured hook and eye closures; skirt has the same circle pattern applied to it; hook and eye closures half way down the proper left side front of the skirt, circular geometric design applied to the proper left side front, ruffle along the bottom with a piece of the black coloured silk with the circular pattern applied.
Dimension
Width: 36.5cm | Length: 59.0cm
Catalogue Number
2014.198.4
Discipline