Antique Gray Silk Floral Day Dress, ca. 1916 #societydress features cartridge pleats and is

features cartridge pleats and is lined with silk taffeta

which also frame the U‑shaped neckline

Brown fringes

and admirers of Victorian fashion and 19th‑century leisure culture

The sleeves fall into two cascading flounces

Antique Gray Silk Floral Day Dress, ca. 1916 #societydress features cartridge pleats and isThis beautiful gray silk day dress, dating to around 1916, is a refined example of late Edwardian and early WWI fashion. The soft gray silk is decorated with small red, yellow, and green floral motifs, giving the dress a delicate, almost watercolorlike charm. Designed as a onepiece garment, it reflects the transitional silhouette of the mid1910s elegant, practical, and increasingly fluid in movement. The dress is distinguished by its finely placed