1880-1881
GUSN-53137
Black silk velvet; bodice attached to skirt; standing band collar; long fitted sleeves; several black velvet buttons (at center front closure) from neck to hip; bodice boned and lined with white silk twill; smocking at front below bodice; velvet draped at sides in polonnaise style, skirt has silk moire waistband, bustle pad, hook and eye closure; casing and tape ties for bustle; train; lined with brown buckram; hem of train and skirt has pleated buckram dust ruffle trimmed with lace. Pocket on right side.
dresses (garments)
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
Dress
Dress
Stamped 1) waistband of skirt; 2) bodice waist 1) ""M. Tost-Brendler/Robes et Confections/Dresden/26 Weisenbausstr"" 2) ""Bodice Waistband: ""M. Tost-Brendler/Robes & Confections/Dresden, Ferdinandstrass e 8""
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. William G. Thompson
1942.744
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