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Black ribbed silk; high neckline; nine satin covered buttons down center front; hook & eye at neck. Straight bottom with hook & eye closure at waist; darts in front; princess seams in back; long sleeves with two rows of black satin "bugle" trim at waist. White silk fringe inside cuff; fully lined with white taffeta; white satin inner waistband; white linen inside waist and behind buttons.
bodices
satin
silk (textile)
taffeta
Bodice
Bodice
Stamped in gold letters in inner waistband: ""Fournisseul Brevete' de S.M. L'Imperatrice/ Mon Vignon/ 182. Rue de Rivoli/ Paris""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Paris, France
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5544
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