Exceptional antique late-Victorian (circa 1890s) structured jacket bodice skillfully tailored from high-quality black silk with full interior boning. Features a stately band collar and dramatic, high-volume leg-of-mutton sleeves accented with tiered ruffles of elegant floral jacquard fabric. Fastens down the center front with original, decorative black buttons featuring an engraved star motif.
In outstanding collector-grade condition with a structurally flawless interior, no underarm staining, and zero; notes are limited to evidence of a historical trim removal along the ruffled shoulder layers and a small area of splitting fabric at the right underarm.