Happy New Year!
 |
Day Dress,1873, VAM.
|
Going back 150 years for this number: a purple silk day dress (bodice with skirt), credited as part of a 1873 trousseau. Definitely check out the Victoria & Albert Museum's page for this item: there are a further 15 pictures, which are really needed to capture the variety of detail that went into this ensemble. There's piping, bows, fringe, shirring, bustling, folded trim, and two different styles of ruffle, all worked in the same fabric. Also some lovely matching thread-covered buttons. The bodice detail shots appear to show a moire pattern in the fabric, though that might be a photographic artifact.
One of my favorites! I've had the fabric to make this dress in my stash for years, but have never got around to actually making the thing.
ReplyDelete