Wedding Dress Bodice, 1901

Period: 1900
Description: ecru colour; boned; wedding bodice; hooks and eyes at centre front; front closure overlaps twice; satin with diaphanous pouter pigeon front and upper outer sleeves; mutton leg sleeve; cut out lace on front, lower sleeves; French knots on bodice; pouter pigeon is pleated; lower sleeve has vertical tucks; silk lining
Condition: silk is shredded inside bodice; silk in over sleeves is shredded; neckline is fragile; tears in satin at pleats
Accession Number: 1993.1.27
Location: Box #29
Donor: 1993, Helene von Rosenstiel