Name/Title
Bustle Skirt Sheer BatisteDescription
Bustled skirt white sheer batiste lace insert lower one third of skirt geometric design. Center back closing one large hook and eye 10-1/2" in length. The placket is 7/8" wide hand stitched and waistband 5/8" wide and dimension is 24". It has a gore construction of 4 gores and front panel at waistband is 7" and 14-1/2" just above decorative design. Lace insert is 1-3/4" wide which circles the skirt. Dips at center front and center back. There are angular patterns of lace insert - the upper section of skirt has 4 self tucks with the length of 4". The highest point of angular pattern lace insert has 4" length tucks. There are 7 repeats of these on the lower third of skirt. Center back seam has a gusset 21" from hem edge. Diamond shape is 8-1/2" at base. Lower edge of skirt has 2" scalloped cotton net lace that is hand stitched to the batiste. Under edge of hem of skirt is 1" self fabric machine stitched. The underskirt, a hemline is 10-3/4" with rolled hem of 1/4". This underskirt varies as it is attached at the lower edge of lace insert as that design is geometrically positioned. At waistband there are 5 tucks at center back and length is 2-1/2" - over hip line side seam there are 3 tucks and are 3-3/4" long and 5 holes.Acquisition
Notes
Donor: Lynne Hanson. Washed in deionized water.