Black Velvet Bodice
Fitted Black silk velvet bodice with tabbed and altered collar; green/brown cotton underlining , full-length 2-piece sleeve with gathers at shoulders, cream lace at cuffs (possible later addition), boning in cotton casing inside light blue silk…
Tags: 1870s-1880s - Bustle, Bodices
White Gauze Bodice with Pleats
Creator: Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
white gauze bodice w/sewn-in pleats at yoke, front, cuffs, back extensions; white cotton gauze; white cotton bordered damask; white cotton twill tape; shell buttonshigh necked loose blouse4 1/2'collar with vertical pintucks all over; vertical…
White Bodice with Pearls
Creator: E. Rallings
Date: 1879
Cream structured bodice with cream lace edging and glass pearls on cuffs. Collar unfinished. Button-down front; small piece of lace in baggie with bodice; cream silk, pearlescent beads, cream lacewhite bodice w/pearls at cuffs and collar- cream…
Tags: 1870s-1880s - Bustle, Bodices, nyc19, timeline, wedding
Brown Silk Bodice with Double-Pointed Waist
Date: 1863 (circa)
brown silk close-fitting bodice with points at waist; neckline high in back and front, with black lace around edge; cut in 3 pieces, one for back, one for each side of front; two darts either side of CF, going from under bust to the two points…
Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle
blue floral china silk bodice w/dk. blue velvet cuff, bustle cover. blue silk brocade with white and black flower; deep cobalt velvet; blue polished cotton lining; cotton tapefitted bustle polonaiseblue velvet manderin-style collar, CF panels,…
Tags: 1870s-1880s - Bustle, Bodices, HCPW, Molly