Dress
Date: 1905
Medium: Fibre: silk (satin, lace, taffeta, velvet)
Dimensions:
Border fabric: 6.5cm
Classification: Costume and Textiles
Object number: 1983.16.86
DescriptionBlack satin charmeuse with trapunto self braid with lace trim/boat shaped neck with lattice work border panel of fabric over shoulders and bust in square line trimmed with trapunto braid and tassels with bells, waistline slightly pouched in fron and straight across back/long sleeves with epaulettes and tucks to elbow and net and lace cuff with band of white cording, gored flared skirt trim of trapunto giving panel effect in front, back skirt full and forming small train, centre back closing with self buttons of woven trapunto, bodice lined with black taffeta and gored skirt with taffeta lining, 2 fringed frills and velvet ruffle, lining worked down back, small taffeta bustle pad, upper section of lace and lower part white net, choker neck bound, white braid, closed at back with hooks and eyes.
Not on display
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