dress

Object/Artifact

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Cohen Bray House

Name/Title

dress

Entry/Object ID

2017.213.1

Description

dress; light greyish-blue silk; Emilia Bossi Firenze (label); inset lace panels trimmed with silk braid, pin tucks between panels; net at sleeve cuffs; lace inset high collar closes with hook and eye; additional pin ruffles at ribbon waistband inside with hook and eye closure; bodice lined with silk - boning waist to busom and at throat; back closure w/hook and eyes, skirt unlined; hooks and eyes/thread eyes are various sizes based on garment solidity (yoke small hooks/thread eyes, bodice well fortified has big solid hooks/eyes, skirt has small hooks and eyes that look like might be more modern replacements - two seemingly replacement hook/eyes farther up); fabric in fair condition, significant ripping right armpit/ slight in left, lining of lace collar is degrading; some spotting, mostly at hem, some spots fabric degrading, hem about 10cm longer in back

Collection

Fashion

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Emilia Bossi Firenze

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Circa 1903

Create Date

June 18, 2017