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1897 Braided
Tailor Gown for Stout Lady
42 Bust - 28 Waist
This gown was made of smoke
blue cloth, with slight braiding in black soutache, and with a narrow white
cloth vest trimmed with tiny gilt buttons and silk cord loops. The
braiding forms a small scroll design along the edges and seams of the basque
and down the front seams of the skirt. The Medici collar was lined
with the vest material, which was also carried in a narrow piping around the
edge of the front.
Yardage - 6-1/2 yds 48" wide
& 1/2 yd of white cloth |