Bodice and Skirt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Bodice and Skirt

Entry/Object ID

CW 54

Description

Summer dress of soft green lawn. Separate skirt and bodice. Skirt full with vertical small tucks around top, 2 inches around bottom. Waist fastens at back. Yoke of ecru with high collar--toke edged with narrow darker green velvet ribbon, front piece of white net ruffles edged with val lace. 3/4 length sleeves of ecru lace, velvet trim. Stitched bands over tops of sleeves. Belt missing.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Material

Silk

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Skirt waist: 24 in Bust: 28 in Shoulders: 19 in

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Coryell Collection.