A. Green silk waist with leg-o-mutton sleeves and choker. Gathered under the neck and waist. Fabric gathered down the front. Sleeves are gathered extensively at the shoulder. Unfinished hem. Detachable collar by hook-and -eyes gathered with ruffles on either side and a bow in the back. Gathered down the back and at the waist. Four white buttons above the gathering line. Hook and eye have an unusual pattern.
B. Two sleeves of the same fabric are associated with this piece. Gathered at the top, smocked at the bicep, ruffle at the elbow and narrow white trim along the cuff. Lined with a light blue fabric with a single stitch of a darker blue thread.
The Fairchild Books: Dictionary of Fashion (2014) defines the leg-of-mutton sleeve as a:
sleeve with full top gathered or pleated into armhole ad tapered to wrist where it looks like a regular sleeve. Size may vary-in 1895, very full sleeve requiring a yard or two of fabric were popular. Also called a French gigot sleeve, which derives from French, for ‘leg of lamb’.” (Tortora 366)
