Dress

Brown muslin dress, fine gauzy fabric, silk warp, and wool weft. Throughout are sprigs worked in brown silk tambour work and dark brown stamped velvet appliqué, and as a long panel of the same embroidery running from the waist to the hem. Boned bodice lined with white muslin. Slight 'V' waist with gathers radiating to shoulders. Deep 'V' neck. Tight elbow length sleeves with small ruffle. Set of metal hooks and eyes, above and below laced back fastenings. Condition: the fabric is torn or shattering in many places, including the cuffs, armpits, hem, back, and the upper right part of the bodice where the white muslin lining is coming through.