Two Piece Embroidered Dress

Description:

Two piece dress consisting of long skirt and long sleeve top, navy blue in color. Skirt has sets of pleats, three each, around skirt, which are open on the bottom third with embroidered flower where loose pleats begin, hook and eye closure in back. Top is lined and features boning, also has floral embroidery around neckline and on shoulders, at cuffs, and creates a V-neck look on back. Embroidered dicky style insert with high neck, and hook and eye closure at back of neck. Top also features four pleats at back waistline, and inner lining has hook and eye closure as well. Circa 1870-1899.

Date Issued:

[1870 TO 1899]

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries

Collection:

Digital Dress Collection

Subject Topic:

Dresses, Ensemble (Clothing), Embroidery, Clothing and dress, and History

Format:

clothing

Rights:

(c) 2002 Wayne State University. All images associated with the Fashion Design & Merchandising Online Historic Costume Collection are protected by United States copyright law. Duplication or sale of all or part of any of the data or images is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your non-commercial research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form. You must obtain permission for any other use.

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:ws88.2