Light blue ("Alice" blue) chiffon with satin hem and lining; cream net chemisette with high boned collar and sleeves; rounded chiffon neckline trimmed with metallic braid and blue satin; chiffon over chiffon with border of net embroidered metallic thread at bodice and hem; satin piping with decorative metallic button holes with blue satin covered buttons on bodice; waist has 2 bands of chiffon piping with metallic embroidery beneath; frog of metallic cord at left back; 3/4 length sleeves with wide blue satin cuffs matching hem; bodice lined with cream taffeta, boned and has taffeta ruffle to accentuate bust; hem lined with blue wool flannel; satin dust ruffle; chiffon lining has weighted hem; hook and eye closure at back.
wedding dresses
chiffon
lace (needlework)
satin
silk (textile)
Dress
Dress
Stamped on waistband: ""Suzanne Perois/24 Rue St. Augustin/Paris""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Perois, Suzanne (Maker)
Paris, France
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6022
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