The back is a lot of detail with gathering and a six button closure. What we also know about the dress is that it was altered over time. There was a long train attached at one point that train was shortened, and we can also see the fullness of the skirt. Then also these gores or these additions of fabric were added at some point to make the dress not just a tube but have a little bit more space at the bottom. Maybe it was altered for someone to have a little bit more room to move in. They commented she was still wearing the old styles from her youth. Everybody loved her any way. She wontsed to edcontinued to wear this tile. The dress now which is about 200 years old is in very fragile condition. You can tell from just the wear that the wear and tear under the arms and in some of the seams. Light damage over time. Just the inherent vice of textile to become weaker. This red velvet dress that we discovered in the trunk of the home has a legend that perhaps it was made from the draperies
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