"A woman's gown of cream figured silk brocaded with blue roses and yellow and red floral motifs. The gown is open at the front, with a high waist and shaped, elbow-length sleeves. The gown is made of 4 widths of silk, with one flat pleat at each front, and 5 on either side of an inverted box pleat at centre back, all stitched down above the waist. The gown fronts are pleated into the shoulder seam at the back. Inside the gown fronts, are two overlapping bodice pieces of silk. Each bodice side and back is lined with bleached linen and stitched together at centre back. The bodice front linings are separate from the bodice pieces, with a linen-tape casing and drawstring at the top. The sleeves are lined with the same linen. There is a single-layer, two-piece, V-shaped collar at the back. The front edges of the gown, bodice pieces and collar are trimmed with eau-de-nil silk gimp. Six eau-de-nil silk covered buttons, each trimmed with braid in the same silk, adorn the back pleats and there is one on each bodice front, under the robings. A long loop of cream silk ribbon is sewn to the centre back waist on the inside."@en . . . .