dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1904 - 1910
name: label: made by
content: Doucet
label: used by
content: Wilson, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor
label: maker
content: Doucet
notes: label: Description
content: Orange voile with white cotton net and black velvet trim; BODICE: high neck of chiffon covered with knotted wool and velvet bands and lace folded over at top edge; yoke square at center front and dips to 'V' in center back; yoke is finely pleated; center front opening in lining with 18 metal hooks-and-eyes which fasten in alternating directions; bodice creates pooch at center front and has tucks at lower edge and along sides; bodice front closes with flat metal hooks-and-eyes concealed by 2 decorative bands of black velvet; lace band on either side of center front extends from shoulder and is brought in at waist and hangs below; lace has floral motif highlighted by pale pink embroidery, twists of voile and small satin-covered beads; back fullness taken in with deep box-pleats that have narrow tucks at lower portion; long sleeves heavily gathered at upper portion and elbow; gathering at elbow covered with lace and trim; portion below elbow more fitted but slit at outer edge and filled in with pleated voile; wrist portion of lace; additional trim of velvet covered with knotted wool; small velvet bows trim lace on sleeves on yoke bodice; lined with peach satin; all seams boned and finished; SKIRT: box-pleated; fullness at hips taken in with small vertical tucks in boxpleats; additional bands of horizontal pleating at interval down skirt; trained; lined with peach satin ending with dust ruffle at hem; additional layer of peach-colored chiffon inserted between voile and satin; hem edge of ruched chiffon
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: made in
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Orme and R. Thornton Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.047104
label: catalog number
content: 047104
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-Piece
label: Other Terms
content: Dress, 2-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist: 24 in; x 60.96 cm