Cream satin damask with pattern of stylized leaves and berries; tunnel waistband with cream silk tape ties fastening in back; cream taffeta flounce with ruffled hem attached below knee. Overlaid with two layers of tulle flounces with satin bound dotted ruffled hems; top flounce dotted all over and has lace header and vertical inserts and applied satin swags and rosettes; two silk tape loops inside waist.
petticoats (underskirts)
appliqué (technique)
damask
lace (needlework)
satin
silk (textile)
tulle (meshed textile)
Underskirt
Petticoat
Petticoat
Woven label at waist: ""AU BON MARCHE' Paris/ 2.5. 600513 (#'s written in ink)/ TAILLE""
1992.54 A
Au Bon Marche (Maker)
France; Paris, France
1992.54
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