Purple velvet bodice (right sleeve missing)

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DEACESSIONED June 26, 2014

Purple velvet bodice (right sleeve missing)

Maker: Mme. Husson

French

about 1875

Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Velvet, taffeta

Dimensions 58 cm (22 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Gordon Abbott, Mrs. George L. Batchelder, Jr., and Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop

Accession Number50.757

CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles

ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionPurple velvet bodice (right sleeve missing), buttoned down center front, high round neck, fitted with short skirt in peplum-like arrangement at back, trimmed with purple taffeta bows and ties, long bell shaped sleeve finished with self flounce, upper bodice lined with white taffeta, skirt lined with purple taffeta, stamped label on waist belt: Mme. Husson, 59, Boulvt. des Capucines, Paris.

Provenance1950, gift of Gordon Abbott, Mrs. George L. Batchelder, Jr., and Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop (Accession date: April 13, 1950); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.