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Title Evening Dress
Catalog Number 1975.095.0028
Object Name Gown, Evening
Description Evening dress of fuschia silk twill and purple silk chiffon, lined in the bodice with off-white bobbinet. V-neckline front and back, formed with two layers of chiffon on each side of bodice. Center back hook/eye closure. Short chiffon sleeves cut in one with bodice, edged with black picots. Silk twill band runs around bottom of bodice to high waist, which has bias-cut twill faux-sash. Narrow twill skirt with pointed train.
Dated from 1911.0
to 1913.0
Place of Origin Warren Co./Glens Falls
Notes Waist: 25 1/2"; CF(w. to hem): 46 1/2".

Evening Dress (1911-1913)