Dress
Date: Circa 1905
Medium: Fibre: velvet, lace, taffeta
Classification: Costume and Textiles
Object number: 1964.25.3a-c
Label text:Belonged to Emelda Beeler Chisholm. Possibly part of mourning attire.
DescriptionBlack skirt & bodices for day & evening.
a:bodice - evening, square neckline, short sleeves with lace and velvet trim, cummerbund waistline.
b: bodice - daytime, high lace neck, long sleeves, lace & taffeta trim.
c: skirt - long, net skirt over taffeta skirt, 3 horizontal levels of ruching.
bodice evening - Black net over black taffeta highlighted with black chemical lace
appliques, high lace neck, long sleeves, lace and taffeta trim.
skirt - Black net over black taffeta, long, 3 horizontal levels of ruching.
a:bodice - evening, square neckline, short sleeves with lace and velvet trim, cummerbund waistline.
b: bodice - daytime, high lace neck, long sleeves, lace & taffeta trim.
c: skirt - long, net skirt over taffeta skirt, 3 horizontal levels of ruching.
bodice evening - Black net over black taffeta highlighted with black chemical lace
appliques, high lace neck, long sleeves, lace and taffeta trim.
skirt - Black net over black taffeta, long, 3 horizontal levels of ruching.
Not on display
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