Cream silk crepe, Bodice A - pouch front; high pleated collar with hook and eye closure; gathered and blouson yoke; stiffened panels with ruched trim around yoke and down front concealing hook and eye closure; long narrow sleeves trimmed with ruching with ruched ruffled caps and cuffs; pleated cummerbund; shirred back with small ruched peplum; taffeta lining with boned darts and seams, hook and eye closure and grosgrain inner waistband. Skirt B - of cream silk crepe; no waistband or closure; gathered center back; ruched ruffle applied to hem; train; taffeta lining; hem lined with linen and bound with wool tape.
bodices
skirts (garments)
cotton (textile)
crepe (textile)
silk (textile)
taffeta
Dress
Gown
Gown
Stamped in gilt on inner waistband ""M.S. Mer/Marlboro""
1990.315A&B
Unknown
Gift of Mr. John Burbidge
1990.315AB
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].