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Black wool twill skirt with wool shoulder straps and self belt; bodice of olive corded silk with embroidered collar and front; long sleeves with black wool twill bands at cuffs; embroidered with lavender and blue french knots with black braid in vermiculate pattern; skirt has side "panels" for tunic effect; bodice lined with black taffeta; hook and eye and snap closure.
dresses (garments)
cord (fiber product)
embroidering
silk (textile)
taffeta
twill
wool (textile)
Dress
Dress
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7130
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