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Dress
Bailey Lewer House Dress. Material: textile and sequin. Size: 18" across bodice x 41" L. Description: purple silk and black velvet; below knee length hemline; sheer purple fabric bodice and sleeves; round jewel beaded neckline; long, tapering sleeves; black velvet skirt with pointed edge hemline; center section of dress from lower bodice to dropped waistline: three rows of black velvet scalloped design and one row of beaded scallops at hip line. Very fragile condition. Sleeves, front and back bodice have shattered and textile is very weak.
Found in Bailey/Lewer House after the Waseca Co. Historical Society purchased it in 1990. Handsewn beading,