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Materials: Champagne silk charmeuse, white silk lace with designs outlined in black, embroidered
silk tulle, peach silk velvet roses, cream silk twill lining, silk
organdy, Val lace, metal snaps.
Label: Cream silk on cream silk
woven into petersham, "Mrs. C. Donovan & Co. 29 East 55th
St. New York".
Condition: Gown exterior
excellent. Twill silk lining beginning to develop splits.
Measurements: 
B 36"; W 26"; Front L 57", Back L 79".
Comments: All of the early 20th
C. gowns I have seen from Mrs. Donovan's well known custom shop are
beautifully designed and sewn. This trained gown could have been worn
either for wedding or high tea. The multiple layers of embroidered silk
tulle on the bodice and skirt give the gown an ethereal fairy-tale
quality.
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