Dress
Name/Title
DressEntry/Object ID
2024.07.024a-cDescription
Lady's silk ikat print evening dress in silk taffeta. Silk taffeta features woven herringbone stripes running vertically, with small sprigs of a pink flower with small green leaves scattered throughout the taffeta accomplished by an ikat printing method. Bodice (a) - features vertical pleats at the center front and the center back for shaping and short sleeves overlayed with flounced oversleeves. Both under-sleeve and over-sleeve are trimmed with a satin silk pink and a satin cream ribbon, machined to the edges. The bodice comes to a small point in the center front and the center back, with the center front closure of hooks and eyes hidden within the pleats. Wide neckline. Shoulder seams are on-line with shoulder. The bodice is lined with cotton sateen fabric and boned with steel stripes at the center front, Center side, side, back side, and center back. Internal waist tape with hook and eyes at the center back, sides, and CF to hold up the skirt. The internal edges of the bodice are lined with twill tape in cotton. Some staining under the armpits, and tearing which has been stabilized by a crepeline. Skirt - (b) cut from gored panels, with darts at the sides to shape smoothly around hips. Set into the narrow waistband of self-fabric. Flat across front and sides, with graduated box pleats at the center back. The center back closure of hooks and eyes. Hooks and eyes across the bodice correspond with jook sand eyes in the waistline of the bodice. The skirt is made from the same taffeta, with an internal interfacing layer of cotton canvas, and then lined with pale glazed cotton. The skirt hem is turned and hand-stitched down, with the same pink and cream satin ribbon trimming the outside edge skirt. The internal skirt hem has a facing of pleated cotton tarlatan, trimmed with machined lace netting tape. Some staining on the skirt. Belt (c) - the same taffeta pleated horizontally with hooks and eyes at the center back. Finished by hand.Collection
Genesee Country Village and MuseumCategory
Historic Costume, Adult, Female