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Dress
French
About 1900
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Tulle; embroidered, velvet
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. L. Earle Rowe
Accession Number54.621
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack tulle embroidered with appliqué of black velvet and black silk, black sequins, jet and cut steel beads; bodice fitted, long sleeves with deep bell shaped flounce below elbows, skirt almost straight in front, fullness at back with extra length in back forming train; embroidered design extending over most of dress in pattern of large leaves and rosette-like flowers.
ProvenanceBelonged to Eliza Angell West Gould (son was Marshall Gould). Daughter, Alice Gould Hawes died c. 1910.