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Bodice for evening gown: Pale green brocade
satin with bouffant 3/4 sleeves. Sleeves trimmed with white
beadwork. Square plunging neckline with collar trimmed with white
beadwork. Eight jeweled buttons up front opening. Pointed at front
and back bottom. Lined with unbleached muslin, stays. Skirt for
evening gown, pale green: satin panel down center front which is
covered with beadwork on net. Rest of skirt is satin brocade. Box
pleated satin dust ruffle. Train; bustle. Pleats taken at back
opening at waistline for full skirt back. Made for Mrs. Wilbur
Wheeler Fish about 1875. Cost $270 at time. Believed to have been
made by Worth of Paris, France.