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2 bodices, skirt & belt of aniline blue silk taffeta: day bodice w/ basket work buttons, pinked & scalloped double edged ruffles to neckline & cuffs, B 36.5", W 29", L 13", (tiny holes around W band, three 0.5" spot stains CF, missing hooks & eyes at W, lace insert replaced); Swiss back lacing evening bodice w/ box pleated cap sleeves, B 31.5", W 24", L 12.5"-17", (fabric worn at CF & CB W points, shattering CB neckline, wear to cord casing, laces missing); full skirt w/ slight train, W 27", L 42-48.5", (missing CF W hook & eyes, stains & holes); self belt w/ bias trimmed edges, CF flat bow & wide CB wide bow w/ looped tails & scalloped, pinked edges, Wd 1.75", circ. 26", (CF bow detached) fair; t/w blue silk bolero, 1860s. Museum of the city of NY.
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