Light cream color silk faille dress with fabric-covered buttons and lace decorations on bodice. Wedding dress. Ribbed silk lined with muslin. 1840's-1850's. Sloped shoulders - seamline behind top of shoulder. Waistline cut with slight dip at CF; piped edge. Double darts at front; each dart is boned, and there are two bones at CF. Button and lace decorations follow curve from edge of shoulder to waist. Five on each side and four down CF. Four follow curve on each side of bodice back. 2.5 inch cap sleeves with frindge. Piped armhole seam. Seven straight cut panels 20.75 inch wide. Cartridge-pleated all around, and attached directly to bodice. Double darts are boned (4) plus two bones at CD Underbodice is linen. SLeeves and skirt are lined with brown and white glazed cotton. Fourteen button closures down CF. Stains on skirt front.
