Name/Title
BodiceEntry/Object ID
2009.0302 a-cDescription
Ladies light green silk and lace bodice with sleeves
a- Bodice: mono-bosom
hand and machine stitching
silk with linear pattern
lining, light green silk, ruffled panel across inside chest
high neck
narrow slightly V-shaped cummerbund, same as lining
cream lace decorates collar, shoulders, lower bodice and upper bodice insert
two gathered lace ties fall from upper bodice separated by a length of black velvet ribbon tacked in a criss-cross design by small ball like brass buttons which are tarnished
back hook and eye closure with 5 1/2 inch boning on either side
b-c Sleeves: narrow with wrist closure of one small thread covered button and thread loop
broad band of lace trim at wristCollection
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