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Dress in four parts (bodice, skirt, petticoat, and piece)
French
About 1900
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Purple sequin-embroidered tulle
Dimensions
37.8 cm (14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number51.323a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionAn evening dress in four parts (bodice, skirt, petticoat, and matching piece) of pale purple tulle, embroidered all-over with purple tulle, embroidered all-over with purple sequins, (different shade of purple on each of the two sides), some round, some elongated tear shape, in shallow horizontal scallops with regularly spaced oval medallions binding together several rows of scallops; (a) bodice with wide square neck, elbow length sleeves, open in upper arm; (b) skirt bell shaped with longest part in back to form train; (c) matching piece; (d) petticoat of pale purple satin covered with pale purple chiffon