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Collections > Textiles > Women's Dress
Women's Dress
Purple silk dress, low neck with fitted bodice and high waistline. Narrow shoulders and long sleeves. The top of the sleeves ruched and finished with band of pleating, lower part of sleeve fall over the elbow and finish with a fitted cuff. Cuffs, neck, shoulders and sleeves and main bodice seams piped.
Place: England
Object Type: dress
Period: Victoria
Broad Date: Early Victorian
Actual Date: c. 1837
Century: 19th century
Material: Silk
Museum Accession Number: 1966.92/CST.1132
