Dress
Name/Title
DressEntry/Object ID
G2005.121Description
Small woman or teen size. Dress, entirely hand stitched. Made of soft celadon green silk satin, pieced here and there. Boned bodice opens in front, V neckline with soft spreading gathers emanating from neatly topstitched chaste pleats at CF. Lined with lt. brown twill cotton, floating in front where it hooks closed. Round waist with piping. Faux side back seams formed by finely worked outline stitches. Unlined skirt pleated onto waistband that opens to the left; greater fullness in closer pleats in back; slight trained effect; deep brown cambric hem facing. Pocket in right front. Sleeves are extremely long with a surprising amount of fullness at the top, tiny bit of ease for elbows on the inside [!]; tapering to the wrist, neatly finished with finely piped facing. As with the earlier dresses, the front edge of the sleeve is fairly straight, cut almost on grain, and back edge meets on the bias. Was that seen as an economy? The seam is so far forward that it must have been very uncomfortable because it looks like it is on backwards.Collection
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume CollectionCategory
Adult, Female
Historic Costume