Evening or ball dress of machine-made white silk bobbin net decorated with hand-embroidery, and blue silk satin trim. The dress has short, shaped sleeves, a low neck-line, high-waist and bell-shaped skirt. The ground fabric is decorated all over with small applied motifs made of crescent shapes, possibly made of card, wrapped in blue silk with their centres filled with yellow silk worked in satin stitch. The lower skirt is trimmed with a flounce of net headed and finished at the hem with blue satin trim. Petal-shaped pieces of net edged in the same satin are stitched to the upper band. A sleeve and the flounce are richly decorated with three dimensional flowers created from two shade of blue silk satin and embroidered crêpe. The embroidery is executed in silk chenille in shades of brown, yellow and blue and in yellow silk. The dress is hand-sewn. The dress closes down he centre back with a tie at the top of the neck and 3 hooks and eyes, one at the neck and two at the waist.