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Woman's Dress

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Woman's Dress

Dress of blue-grey watered silk, trimmed with gold braid and tassels. It made by Madame Elise, Royal Dressmaker to the Princess of Wales.
Size: Length (back) 218 cm; circumference of hem 504 cm.
Purchased of the assistance of the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Artist / Maker: Madame Elise

Origin: England

Place: London

Object Type: dress

Period: Victoria

Broad Date: Late Victorian

Actual Date: c.1869

Century: 19th century

Materials: Briad, Silk, watered

Museum Accession Number: 1987.24.1/Cst.2.782