March 24, 2010
Blue and white stripe day ensemble
Posted by Arden Kirkland under Uncategorized | Tags: stabilization? |No Comments
Here’s another candidate for stabilization:
Some notes about it:
blue and white striped fine silk; blue silk; natural polished cotton; natural square weave linen; plastic button; beige synthetic hem tape; beige synthetic bias tape.
silhouette: bustle
A. bodice: princess seamed, striped silk; knife-pleated blue silk CB panel, fishtailing at hem, split at one side, may have been attached originally; long sleeves, blue silk knife-pleated ruffle (R sleeve only); piping at mandarin collar in blue silk; knife-pleated blue silk CF panel, 12 buttons; piping all along hem
B. skirt: floor length, two-layered skirt; top layer has seven vertical blue silk appliques over striped silk extending waist to ruffle of overskirt; blue silk knife-pleated ruffle at hem of overskirt; underskirt has ruching; waistband of striped silk, button at CB, likely an addition; cartridge pleats in linen lining at waist in back; bottom foot lined in cotton
Condition issues: Shattering. Missing a cuff and some buttons. Staining. Discoloration.
Here’s a slideshow with some more images of this object:
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