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Dress, Wedding, Cream Silk Shift, Sleeveless+Separate Sleeves

Donor

089

Year Donated

1997

Item Description

Color: Cream

Material: Silk satin crepe

Style: Shift, uneven hemline

Garment Top: Shift- plain

Skirt: Bias flared, larger in back, peplum

Neckline: Front and back Vs filled with netting, corded at neck and V

Waist: Dropped

Sleeve: Sleeveless but separate long sleeves may have been worn at wedding- long, fitted with point at wrist

Closure: None

Decorative Detail: Large bow with long ties at lower front

Condition of Object: Excellent- some staining under arms, but no deterioration

Estimated Time Period

1926-1930

Gender costume is for

Female

Recommended Citation

089, "Dress, Wedding, Cream Silk Shift, Sleeveless+Separate Sleeves" (1929). All Historic Costumes Images. 690.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/costumes_all/690