Front of the dressOne of the highlights of the Victoria and Albert Museum fashion exhibition must be this little dress. (Little as in made for someone rather short, by today's standard, I hasten to add.) It is made of white cotton muslin with a flowery wool embroidery at the bottom of the skirt, silk satin collar and wadded rouleaux in the front. It was made sometime around 1830 by an unknown
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