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Silk floral brocade dress; front lacing bodice with pink silk satin piping trim; gathered skirt wit pleated trim; three panel piece with pink cotton lining; two fragments with scalloped edges and pink silk satin lining. Reworked circa 1890.
dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
silk (textile)
Dress
Dress
Unknown
24 1/4 x 28 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Louis Cutter, Henry S.G. Cutter, and Helen Maclennan
1998.5774A-E
Rothstein, Natalie. Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century. [No Publisher].
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