Cream Floral and Lace Ensemble

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Title: Cream Floral and Lace Ensemble

Date: 1900s-1910s

Description: This is a cream blouse with a natural waist, bateau neckline, peter pan collar, and elbow-length sleeves. The bodice, sleeves, and collar are made of a silk chiffon with green, red, and purple floral print and decorated with cream lace and embroidered polka dots. There are four layers of lace at the base of the sleeves and white embroidered flowers on the collar. There is an ombre burgundy ribbon around the waist with tassels at the end, hook and eye closures down the center back and on the ribbon and an internal ribbon with a buckle. The matching cream skirt has a machine embroidered polka dot motif, as well as a green, purple, and red flower pattern on the outer skirt layer. There are two types of lace hand sewn onto the outer layer meant to suggest an overskirt design. Both types of lace have floral motifs. The Inner skirt is layered to create volume using silk and lace. The underskirt has a pleated section near the hem. The front is slightly shorter than the back. The skirt closes at center back with a hook and eye and has an extra eye to attach the skirt to the bodice.

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