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Description: | Green silk 2 piece day dress with a dark green bodice and light green skirt and sleeves.
Bodice: front fastening with 7 silk covered buttons and 7 button holes; boned with 2 boned vertical darts and 2 horizontal waist darts; high round neck with a lace trim.
Front bodice in 3 sections extending below the waist to form a basque; back bodice in 3 shaped sections with open centre back below the waistline.Bodice lined with white cotton.
Long light green silk sleeves in 2 sections with piped edge along armhole seams and basque edge. Sleeves have a ruched band at the wrists and are lined in dark green silk.
Full skirt in light green silk lined with white stiffened muslin with 2 sections each side. Pleated sides with back gathered to waistband with hook and eye fastening at the centre back. Skirt front with 3 ruched bands ( flounces) and 3 dark and light green silk bows each side of the front skirt. Wide ruched band of light green silk along hem of skirt with a dark green frill at bottom edge. Hem edged with woollen braid.
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Material: silk
Material: cotton
Material: muslin
Material: lace
dress, 1873-1875, (1947.3762). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25433 | Go to resource |
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