Object: Two-piece dress
Date: c. 1887
Medium: Silk crushed velvet
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2014.38.3
DescriptionPurple dress; bodice, skirt and fabric fragment in silk crushed velvet; fitted boned bodice with 20 dark bronze metal buttons at CF closure; floor length bustle back skirt with draped and pleated pannier like puffs at hips; fabric fragment
Label Text:The particular proportions of bustle dresses varied throughout the 1870s and 1880s. Some bustles protruded sharply from the lower back, giving the silhouette a hard, angular look. Others used swags of fabric draped at the back or hips to lend a softer appearance.
Exhibitions:
- The Body: Fashion and Physique