evening bodice
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30792
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.5.2
- Description
- Evening bodice, c.1860-1865. Silk taffeta ikat design, cream background with purple stripes and flowers. Low round neck, short puff sleeves, round natural waist length. The low round neckline is bordered by a thin purple velvet ribbon, and the neck edge is corded. The short puff sleeves rest low on the shoulders with corded seams, and they are gathered into a cuff trimmed with the same velvet ribbon. The front of the bodice has a centre panel and two side panels with top stitched seams that run in an upwards arc from the underarms to either side of the centre front. The back of the bodice has two darts on either side, and a centre back closure of hooks and thread eyes. Inside, the bodice is lined in white linen. It has boning in each side seam, as well as each back dart. At the bottom, there is a waist band of the same fabric. The bodice fabric print consists of a cream background with vertical purple stripes separated by vertical floral zig-zags. The zig-zags are connected the green stems, and at each corner there is a bud in a pattern of pink, blue, and purple.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes