Dress
Date: 1895-1900
Medium: Fibre: silk (chiffon, lace)
Classification: Costume and Textiles
Object number: 1980.10.1-3
Label text:Found in a trunk at a local auction in 1980
Description2 piece dress and petticoat.
.1 - Bodice - lace choker neck and bertha yoke with large Battenburg lace ruffl; wide sleeves of chiffon; pouched front over waistband.
.2 - flared skirt with tucks forming apron panels of appliqued ruching.
.3 - cream taffeta petticoat