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Brown Taffeta Two Piece SuitDescription
Two piece brown iridescent taffeta silk. Shawl tuxedo front collar. Tight long sleeves with flared 6-1/2" width at wrist. Two tucked pleats 7" from sleeve edge, self fabric tab 2-1/2" in length, 1-1/2" in width attached to sleeve below elbow, with silver crescent ornament.
Capelet attached at shoulder seam - 17 self covered buttons starting at collar edge along shoulder line to front edge of capelet.
Jacket has a self cummerbund 2-3/4" wide. 1/4" self-piping, front closure of 4 snaps. Decorative attached tab at center front. 1" self-fabric x 4". Two crescents facing each other. Bodice has 4 tucks 2-3/4" from center front and 2 sewn down 1" pleats on shoulder line. Length of jacket 22-1/2" from shoulder line to bottom edge, 5-1/4 jacket extension below sash pleated (peplum) does not attach at side seam. Jacket back 22-1/4" length, from under-seam it tapers up to side-seam. Decorative treatment near side-seam piped 1/4" on edge of decorative "J" shape with tab insert like a belt across back with metal crescents 12" and 14" pleats (length of 1/2" pleats).
Beige lining (silk) shredded from age. Complete canvas lining except peplum.
Skirt 35-1/8"; has 3-1/4" hem. Seven rows of shirring 3-1/2" in length and 8" across front and back the same. Side placket hook and eye fastening, 5/8" waistband. Center seam machine stitched - width of the front panels at hem line are 14-7/8"; one box pleat and one inverted box pleat on front panel near side seams, sewn down open pleats 12" from hem-line, repeated on each side and back. Not lined.