$550
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Description
5" shoulder width. 13" overall length. A
richly-textured white pique fabric forms a classic
princess style dress with coat sleeves,rounded
collar and 12 handmade button holes and buttons
(one button missing). The dress gains its shape
from darts at the back that terminate in two wide
box pleats,and the dress is decorated with lace at
the neckline and embroidered lappets between each
buttonhole. Along with a woven straw bonnet with
silk lining and inside brim,luxurious silk ribbon
draped on the exterior and forming a bow from
which emerges pink-tinged white flowers. Circa 1880.