1875-1876
GUSN-39495
Navy blue velvet; low "v" shaped decolletage trimmed with white pleated ruffles and black lace; same ruffle and lace at cuffs. Black satin ruching at neck and cuffs; fitted over hips with fullness at back for bustle. Boned throughout; inner waistband with hook and eye; seven black buttons and buttonholes at lower front; lined with black taffeta.
bodices
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
taffeta
Bodice
Bodice
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Millard H. Tibbetts
1937.1333
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