Moss green silk velvet empire W sleeveless gown, heavily European embroidery w/ stylized sheaves of grain & broken leaf border motif, silver palliates, metallic strips plain & embossed to either side of CF, bodice front & back & at hem, embroidered galloon at either side of CF, hem & on SH straps, back lacing w/ boning, B 31", W 25", L 57", early 19th C, (no lacing, metal embroidery fraying, discoloration & spot stains, missing & loose paillettes, CF seam opening b/t velvet & metal ribbon, missing trim at armscyes, 8" tear at base of CB opening, 1.5" & 0.5" holes CB, altered at CF w/ metallic galloon as later addition- partially detached & included) poor.