80.98.2
Waist
1890 Approximate
White Eyelet Blouse Jacket. Material: textile, metal and shell. Size: 17" W. at shoulders x 16" L. x 15 " L. sleeves. Description: white cotton lawn blouse with a high, round neckline encircled with 1/2" W. band of open lace work and edged with white lace; bodice trimmed with vertical panels of floral eyelet and open lace work; 3/4 length sleeves trimmed with two horizontal bands of open lace work near sleeve edge and one band of vertical open lace work extending from shoulder to elbow; sleeve edged in white lace; back closure of buttons, hooks and eyes.
Worn by Amelia Rudolph, donor's grandmother. This waist was often worn with black skirt #80.98.1.