- 1859 Wedding Dress
White cutwork collar. Plaid - green and mauve silk taffeta.
1 piece pagoda sleeves. Floral braid with green fringe and gold
tassels puffing at top of sleeves slit up to puffed area and lined
in lime green silk. Cartridge pleating around entire shut waist,
25". Waist metal stays in skirt - 25". Waist metal stays
in bodice front. Left opening in skirt. Front and back end in
points. Bodice lined in brown polished cotton. (Pic # 74,
75, 77,
78)
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- Bodice - 1865 long Basque style
A. Taupe silk fringing and box pleated ruching on both bottom
edge of jacket and yoke. Sleeve is coat sleeve with 1 row of box
pleated ruching. Kelly Green button. Back has gow trimmed in fringe.
2 piece waist (seam at waist) - No stays
(Pic # 79,
80, 81)
B. Shirt is green and lite green stripes (vertical) with tiny
window pane background. Hem saver- none but has been shortened.
(Pic # 82)
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- Dress 1860's
Wide vertical blue and gray stripes, window pane background.
2-piece pointed front and back. Bishop sleeve with jockey cap,
trimmed in blue and white embroidered braid. Blue self covered
buttons. Jockey cap is split in back points in jacket and front
of jacket. Boned 24" waist. Bodice lined in brown polished
cotton - skirt also lined, hemsaver twill braid in blue.
(Pic # 83, 84,
85, 86)
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- Blue changeable silk embroidered day dress 1858-
1862
No trim, no buttons (hooks and eyes). 1 piece front left opening
on skirt. Pagoda sleeve- inverted pleats neck armseye and waist
have self piping knife pleats. Bodice and shirt lined in brown
cotton. Fan front - 6 seams in skirt. Hemsaver (horse hair)
(Pic # 87, 88)
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- Blue wool mantle - 1858 - 1862
17 inches long. Lining light blue. Scalloped collar - 11"
back seam scalloping is light blue faille edged with narrow white
braid. Blue faille and white braid form a false collar 2"
down tied with grosgrain. Neck encased in blue faille ribbon (seam
binding affect)
(Pic # 97, 98,
99)
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- Navy blue taffeta with black embroidered horizontal
stripes 1864 - 1868
Coat sleeve - gathered ruching of self fabric at cuff. Self
covered functional buttons. Skirt opens front left. Self piping
at neck, armseye and waist. Bodice is lined with polished brown
cotton. Light boning at front and back. Skirt lined in navy polished
cotton. Skirt front is flattened with inverted pleats, 2 on each
side. Waist is 24". Self fabrick puffing and ruching in vertical
medallions on skirt. Back or skirt has cartridge pleating. Puffing
on skirt is diagonal. 9 medallions. Blue braid hemsaver, pocket
front right.
(Pic # 89)
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- Brown silk bodice Mid 1860s
Crocheted brown buttons straight waist treatment. Sleeve has
2 rows brown braiding. Yoke has braid and fringe on front. Light
boning front only. Brown cotton lining. Waist 16 1/2 ". Silk
bodice not listed but came with the brown bodice.
(Pic # 95, 96)
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