Woman's ensemble consisting of (A) day bodice with deep V-neckline trimmed with lace, (B) evening bodice with off-the-shoulder neckline and (C) full skirt of matching ice blue silk brocaded with roses, cherry blossoms and leaves in navy blue and sea foam green against navy blue and sea foam green stripes.
Date: 1853-54, altered later.
Note: Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection. Dress appears in Langley-Moore, Doris. "The Woman in Fashion" p 65 plate XXI-XXII. Dress also appears in BBC TV program "Men, Women, and Clothes: Informal Clothes"1957.