Summer Dress and Mantle - engraving Godey's Jan. 1861
Diagram of Mantle: Pearl color spring silk, the body low, with high worked chemisette finished at the throat with a
fluted ruffle. The skirt is trimmed with bands of ribbon sewn on to the waist, and terminating
near the bottom of the skirt in bows and ends. The mantle is of black silk, trimmed with a
plaiting of ribbon and bands of velvet. Turban hat, with white plume.
Back to Fashions
