Young lady's dress
Clothes for Children
Inventory number
2020.9.28.3.CC.DR.C1845.FR
Description
Young girl's ball gown from the Romantic period in buttercup silk gauze embroidered with palms, daisies and small geometric patterns. Bodice fitted and pleated in the stapled back with V-cutout. Large neckline with shawl collar highlighted by crenellated silk satin piping and yellow silk tapered ribbons. Round skirt set up with flat pleats on a cream satin underskirt with recall to the waist band and bodice lining. The skirt is lined with a cream colour cotton.
Materials
Silk gauze
Silk satin
Cotton
Origin
circa 1845
France