Bodice panel

Research in Progress Roughly v-shaped front panel of bodice of fine white cotton cloth with painted and dyed design of variously decorated flower heads, pointed clusters of flowerets, and various leaf forms, on freely twining stems; in blue, red, green, yellow, with much reserved filling decoration. Remnants of accents of gold leaf on wax or gum base. Lined with white silk cloth; boned; buttons of self material down front center. Two fronts of a woman's bodice, with eight buttoms made from the chintz; buttonholes worked in white. Design: Various flower heads on slender stems, largely in shades of blue with red centers; sprays of smaller flowers in red and blue; some yellow is left in two notched leaves of green. Much veining gin flowers by wax resist. Outlines of larger flower heads show gold leaf and accents for petals and veining. Bodice front lined with white silks and boned.