c. 1883 Art Needlework Dress

Woman’s Dress, American, c. 1883, Silk, Cotton, PMA 1967-129-1 a,b

This lavishly embroidered gown needed some consolidation of breaking sewing thread and the recreation of several needlework buttons that were taken off for a previous display in the 1970s.

Treatment Report

  • Before Treatment- Overall Front

  • Before Treatment- Bodice Open

  • Before Treatment- Overall Back

  • After Treatment- Detail of buttons

  • After Treatment- Detail of back

  • After Treatment- Overall Front

  • After Treatment- Side Profile

  • After Treatment- Overall Back

  • Button Blocks cut from Volara

  • Detail of button block covered in custom dyed silk

  • Newspaper Clipping with dress on exhibition in 1977