Dress #128: Late Victorian skirt suit VAM is cut from black Nepalese

is cut from black Nepalese paper

The piece is based on an English dress and spencer jacket from ca

accession 2009

638&A-1964)

and ivory silk taffeta

Dress #128: Late Victorian skirt suit VAM is cut from black NepaleseThis hand stitched paper ensemble is based on a style of skirt suit called a tailormade. The original suit, made of bottle green wool with velvet lapels, dates from ca. 1900 and is held by the McCord Stewart Museum (accession M977. 44. 2. 1 2). Tailormades were typically made of wool, and fashioned after a mans jacket; they would typically be worn with a shirtwaist, also based on mens clothing. This suit was made by William St. Pierre, a tailor