Dress

Dress

Clothes for Women


2025.5.3.3ac.CW.DR.C1859.US
Description
An early Victorian ultramarine silk two-piece crinoline gown with a full gathered skirt, a boned basque-bodice fastening at the centre front, embellished with a brooch at the neck, V-shaped “bretelles” that extend from the centre waist to the outer edges of the shoulders, pagoda sleeves with wide wristbands and white undersleeves; complete with a white cambric fichu.
Materials
Silk
Cambric
Origin
vers 1859 probably USA