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White Cotton Organdy Floor LengthDescription
Afternoon tea dress, white cotton organdy floor length 55". Sleeveless with rounded scoop neckline of bias 1/8" edging for sleeve and neckline. Sleeve edge has Battenberg lace that is 1" in width. Lace in good condition 9" X 9" front insert. Back insert about 9" in width and 5" in depth. There is an eyelet design that is 5" in width and 7-1/2" in height. Below the Battenberg lace insert on front section are 3 large eyelet cutout design work of half circles. At waistline are 3 tabs of organdy and eyelet work. 1-1/2" in width and 3-1/4" in length finished off with self bias organdy edging. The tabs at hip line are smaller with dimensions of 1/2" in width and 2-5/8" in length. The skirt is in 2 sections. The waist is machine stitched to bodice top and 11" from waistline is the gathered lower section of skirt which is 28". There are 5 cutout designs on lower portion of gathered skirt and 3 sections of lace. Dimensions are 20" X 10". There are 2 eyelet cutout sections of center front Battenberg lace 16" X 8". A roped scalloping design attaches all designed panel at lower edge of skirt 3" above hem.Hem is a rolled 1/8" in width self organdy machine stitched hem. Left side close of 11-1/2" in length with 6 silver snaps. 1/2" width placket edging that has the 6 snaps.Acquisition
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Donor: Marian Swanson