Bertha
Iridescent brown silk bertha, Mount Lebanon, NY
1870-1890
Description
Brown silk with a four button front. Top two buttons are closures, button two are faux. Blue glass buttons. Iridescent silk shot cloth, contrasting colors in warp and weft give a third color with luminous lights. Orange and blue to form brown cloth. Trimmed in black machine lace at bottom edge and 1 1/2" down from neck.