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1860-1890
GUSN-23309
Purple polka-dot silk bodice, full-length, w/ front tie closure. Puffed half sleeves w/ triangular off-white lace banding. 8 hooks on either side of front. Black cotton rope for lacing. Inner bodice has corset stays. 3 ballooned panels hang (for over crinoline).
bodices
lace (needlework)
sewing (process)
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
dots
Uncut Velvet
Lace
Machine Sewn
Polka Dots
BODICE
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1498
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