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WaistEntry/Object ID
1111.823.001Description
Ladies' waist. Highly decorative. Square neck, trimmed in machine lace. Two circles in the front with satin stitch and cutwork embroidery. Running horizontally between the circles is a strip 1 inch x 4 inches of needle lace flanked by machine lace. Six rows of tucking -getting incrementally longer, 4 rows of machine lace, and 1 row of needle lace, as well as, two folds run vertically in the front. Buttons up the back with 11 buttons (all missing) 4 rows of tucking and 2 rows of machine lace. Sleeves decorated with verticle rows (2) of machine lace and 4 rows of tucking. Cuffs finished with 2 rows of machine lace.
Front = 18 1/2 inches
Back = 18 inches
Sleeves = 18 inches
Special Significance: Found with the belongings from Zoa Coombs' home. Zoa's D.O.B. = 1894