dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1884 - 1889
name: label: maker
content: Worth
label: maker
content: Worth
notes: label: Description
content: Striped gold satin interspersed with cream colored grosgrain bands, some of which are woven with pink and red floral design with green leaves; BODICE: waistcoat effect; deep V-neck with deeply pointed collar and additional "lapel" in lower portion of 'V'; neck filled in with white chiffon that buttons from neck to attachment to bodice and covered with pleated yellow chiffon and black dotted net; neck fill-in has high stand collar covered with the yellow and black fabrics; fabric on front of bodice cut so that 'V' forms in center front opening; vertical band of fabric stitched to right side and attaches to left with metal hooks and rings; 2 large self-covered decorative buttons on either side of center front; inner center front closure of worked eyelets; bodice back is deeply V'ed at center back with same fill-in and continuation of collar; 3 pieces on either side center back; 3/4 length sleeves finished at bottom with pleated chiffon and net; all seams boned; large silk-covered bust pads that extend into back; inner woven waistband; SKIRT: stripe on vertical; apron effect with side pieces faced with pink ribbed silk; lower edge on front cut into tabs exposing pleated yellow silk and chiffon beneath; bustle back.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made in
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.311503.277
label: catalog number
content: 311503.277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist: 23 in; x 58.42 cm