Rose/purple ribbed silk; long sleeves, cut full; high round neckline; self-piping at armseye; yoke, cuffs, and hem trimmed with purple silk velvet; eight pink buttons with raised flower; princes seam; skirted/peplum waist; lined with brown cotton twill.
bodices
cotton (textile)
silk (textile)
twill
Bodice
Bodice
Unknown
Gift of Miss Ruth Child
1935.1333
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