Dressing gown. Main fabric is wide green and rust vertical stripes with narrow red and white vertical stripes. Thin cream horizontal stripes. Black velvet trip down front opening, around cuffs, at shoulder-to-sleeve seam, on pockets, around hem. Bell sle
Woman's cape with black satin material trimmed around collar, down front, and along edges with (3.75') black lace gathered in folds with bead-covered ball-like tassel accents. Long tail-like front, shorter pleated back. Cut up for under arms. Hook-and-eye closur (J. Walton)
1/29/2018 Black satin exterior and lining. Bell-shaped contour, curved shoulders flare with a gore/insert on front lower arms. These sections narrow into strips that are attached to a waist band inside the garment. Long panels (31" neck to base) form front opening. 7 hooks on inside rightfront hook inot black thread loops on left side. Neck, front opening and all lower edges. Black lace with dangling black bead globes (58) adorn edges, including collar. Braided hanger loop. Both machine and hand-sewing.
2 piece dress of Rust Moire. Skirt is plain, gathered at back, longer at back. Two pleats at front, one on right front has pocket in seam. Double hook-and-eye closure at left. Flat waistband with two hooks and eyes. Two narrow gores on both front side seams. Skirt is lined. Skirt length in front is 33in compared with 96in in the back. Fabric for back of skirt is gathered into tight pleats at teh waistband. The hem edge is bound.
Bust is 37' Sleeve is 21' Skirt length is 49.5' Waist is 26'
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-12-21
Condition Notes
some spotty stains, mending. Tears on waistband at back seam and at fastening area at left placket opening. Waistband fabric is too weak for weight of skirt.
Part of a four-piece dress. Jacket: Short sleeves with cuffs. Dark blue velvet fully-lined in cream-colored silk with batting between two fabrics. 2 small leather-lined pockets on left inside. Hand-stiched strip on linging at lower edge right front. 3 hooks and thread-covered eyes at waist front. Parallel lines of sticthing on body at sleeve openings and at waist and on 3 bands around neck as well as front and silk at opening. Blue velvet strips have buttons in back and at tabbed ends on front. 4 tabbed front closure peices have buttons. Machine and hand-stitching.
Part of a four-piece dress. Blue velvet bodice with pointed lower front edges. Raw edges at collar, sleeves, and along waist/ bottom edge. Fronts have two bust darts. Right front has 21 buttonholes finished in buttonhole stitch. Left front has threads where buttons (now missing) had been sewn on. Front has batting between velvet and lining. Finely finished interior with 11 places for contour stays -4 have stays; 2 each front and 1 behind each underarm seam. 4 1/2 inch long brown fabric piece with 5 hooks inside right front; piece with 5 eyes on inside left front, attached at waist to reduce strain of buttons/ buttonholes. Brown twill tape as backing for buttons.
With garment are two lined tabs, tacked together. Metal pieces inside tips. 3-parallel lines of stitching around outline of both tabs. Top edges are raw, unfinished edges, White mesh stiffener between velvet and lining.
Part of four-piece dress. Skirt: Deep royal blue velvet skirt. Machine and hand stiching. Vertical seams are machine-stitched as are parts of satin band/ tape at waist edge.
Closure back: 2 hooks and eyes one waist edge. 5 shaps on pleated placket.
Decortative band (7/8 inches wide) sewn on with 3 parallel rows of stitching. Interiror seams in back of garments have bound edges. Some other seam edges appear to have been overcast. Hem is lined with 20 inch (at rear of skirt) to 8 1/2 inch (at front) of navy satin. Back panel appears to be a different fabric. 2 black tape tabs sewn onto inside waist.
2 piece dress of Rust Moire. Bodice has bishop sleeves with double row of same material ruching above end of sleeve. Corduroy-covered rounded button closure down front, originally had eleven buttons, six are missing. Deep V at front and back center at waist 5 in below waist. Plain rounded neckline without collar. two 1in gathered bands of same fabric decorated sleeves and run from from lower front, up front waist, and has self fabric covered weight sewn on underside. Machine and hand stitcihng. 10 stays. Lined with brown cotton fabric with lighter weight fabric in sleeves. Seam raw edges overcast 4 hooks and eyes along inside from waist up.
Blouse. Light, gauzy fabric. White, sleeveless top with round neckline, buttons down back, drawstring in front. Narrow pleats down from shoulder and neck, 3' long. .25' lace around collar, across shoulders, and around armholes. Eyelet and embroidery desi
Off-white nightgown. Long sleeves with single button at wrist. Buttons down front to 2.75' hem. Off-white color. Narrow, folded collar. Collar, yoke, and cuffs decorated with eyelet, machine embroidery, and mini-braiding scallop edging. Interlocking patt
