20th century
Long black dress with a black velvet bodice and a matt black skirt. Around the neck opening there is a line of embroidered stylised flowers. The skirt hem is decorated with three bands of black velvet ribbon.
TRC 2016.0444c
Dress
Textile Research Centre
Cotton wool
Factory woven (plain weave twill velvet) cloth hand embroidered (satin stitch stem stitch lazy daisy stitch)