Afternoon dress of blue, pink, and ecru silk taffeta
- Title
- Afternoon dress of blue, pink, and ecru silk taffeta
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Description
- Afternoon dress of blue, pink, and ecru silk taffeta; high, round neckline; dropped shoulders; wide, asymmetrical sleeves with epaulet; epaulet and sleeves are trimmed in ribbon fringe; concealed hook and eye closing; French dart line in back; wide, full skirt is tightly gathered at waist; full-length; concealed right side pocket; backed in cambric and muslin.
- Motif
- Plaid; Fringe
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States Europe >> Earth
- Date
- 1860/1869
- Identifier
- 1900.004.037
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Taffeta; Cambric; Muslin
- Technique
- Dropped shoulder line; Hidden pocket; Gathered waist; Widened at waistline
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Dress has been altered and the waistline is quite large in comparison to the other bodice proportions. I believe this dress was altered to accommodate a pregnant belly. See photograph attached here in Object Notes:
