Dress consisting of a bodice and skirt of slate-coloured satin, trimmed with silk cord of the same tint and edged with faceted glass beads. The bodice is cut high at the neck with a stiff upright collar, it is long and tight-fitting like a jacket and has buttons down the front, and slightly spreading 'tails' at the back. The sleeves are tight with pleated decoration at the shoulders and small applied cuffs. The skirt hangs straight in front, and has a short train at the back; it is frilled around the bottom edge, and is lined with cotton. Dress comprising a blue silk jacket bodice and bustle style skirt, possibly made in France, ca. 1881