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Year Donated
1985
Item Description
Bodice-
Fabric: Floral warp print
Fiber Content: Silk lined with linen
Garment: Watered floral taffeta, pagoda sleeve, pointed waist
Sleeve: Rose, blue, green, tan, brown, black pin strips
Historical Significance: Bodice has pointed waist (1840's), Pagoda leaves are slay (1850's), Fringe is late 1850's, some machine stitching.
Shawl-
Fiber Content: Silk lined with linen, silk fringe
Garment: Same makeup as bodice edges trimmed with fringes
Estimated Time Period
1855-1860
Gender costume is for
Female
Recommended Citation
008, "Bodice and Shawl, Floral Taffeta, Pagoda Sleeves, Fringe" (1855). All Historic Costumes Images. 4.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/costumes_all/4