Youthful party dress: bodice and skirt ~1896-7 a.) bodice of watered silk taffeta with pink and yellow rose pattern with green leaves and stems. machine embroidered with tiny black stitches. Lined with iridescent rosy coral/grey taffeta. Boning in front and back, applied tape on the inside. Waist has 'cummerbund' effect, three large tucks. Low neckline, trimmed with rose and rosebud lace (same as skirt). Small ruffle of Valenciens-type lace (linen) making "v' in front. Fastens with hooks and eyes. Very full sleeves end at elbow with flounce and tulle, Valenciens- type edging, same lace decor as skirt. b.) Skirt - same fabric, small double ruffle of same fabric at hem, cut cut apply band of lace just above hem with roses and rose buds, backed with silk chiffon. Tiny train. Lined in same iridescent taffeta with double flounce at bottom, one in pinked. Fastens at center back with hooks and eyes.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Europe, unspecified
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe?
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lace (needlework) and Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)