Afternoon dress ca. 1897. Silk brocade, velvet, chiffon. Made and worn by Ora Baily McCuthen, a concert pianist in San Diego. She was the daughter of James O. Baily, one of the first men to discover gold in the Julian area and one of the founders of Banner, California.
theblacklacedandy: cimetiere-chanson: Afternoon dress ca. 1897. Silk brocade, velvet, chiffon. Made and worn by Ora Baily McCuthen, a concert pianist in San Diego. She was the daughter of James O. Baily, one of the first men to discover gold in the Julian area and one of the founders of Banner, California. WANT
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Silk evening dress, c. 1893. Made by Louise Winter, Bentinck Street, Cavendish Square.This evening dress is decorated with net panels embroidered with gold thread and beetle wing cases from a species of jewel beetle. The panels were probably made in India where Madras and Calcutta were centres for beetle-wing embroidery made for the European market. The iridescent blue-green beetle wing cases reflect the light like sequins.
Court presentation ensemble, possibly by Worth, 1896, at the Met. Emily Warren Roebling, who helped supervise the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, wore this gown and pair of shoes for her formal presentation to Queen Victoria. See: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/159528?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=court+presentation+ensemble&pos=1; http://eregwen.livejournal.com/814849.html;
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