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Brocade Length
1860's

Perhaps someone could make this into a dress with some plain blue or black for the bodice.

Cataloguing

for a skirt, made up of four widths, unpicked from a dress, the mid-blue silk ground woven with a small diamond with sprays of bronze/gold and black roses and leaves, alternating with peonies and daisies all within a leaf trellis, 45 x 8 ft 10 in;1.5 x 2.70 cm

Condition

Excellent. Fresh and crisp. There are darts in the two end sections of silk.