Floor-Length Silk Dress, c. 1897
California
Silk and lace; 58 3/4 × 20 1/8 in.
80.18.1a,b
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Dress

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-principal attire (entire body)

Datec. 1897

Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America

MediumSilk and lace

Dimensions58 3/4 × 20 1/8 in. (149.2 × 51.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Stein

Object number80.18.1a,b

DescriptionDress in two pieces, a bodice and floor length skirt, yellow/green shade trimmed in red silk; boned bodice with small red colored straps and bows at shoulders, bow at waist edged with 4"W lace. Skirt trimmed with narrow bands of red silk formed in a shaped pattern. Worn by donor's mother c. 1897-98, Hortensia Yorba de Palomares.

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