#175

Sea-Blue Woolen Dress with Feather-Stitching
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$400
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Description
5" shoulder width. 13" overall length. To fit Bebe Jumeau,size 10 and likely from the workshops of Ernestine Jumeau. Of fine lightweight wool,the slightly-dropped-waist dress has a box-pleated bodice that is trimmed with cream feather-stitch embroidery which repeats on the cuffs of the long sleeves. The skirt is gathered all-around,more densely at the back,and the hem is trimmed with a wide band of broderie anglaise with scalloped cut-work at the very bottom edge. Circa 1888.