Dress (Mantua) with Train Open body; light blue ripped silk embroidered with a floral motif in multicolored silk; with half long sleeves with triple; scalloped cuffs or 'engageantes' trimmed with white silk fittings; Open body made of light blue rip silk wedding gown embroidered with a floral motif in multicolored silk. Model: Fitted with two flat pleats on either side of the seam in the middle of the back. The body has obtained its shape mainly by folding and not by cutting. The body actually consists of a long straight strip of fabric (half fabric width approx. 25 cm). The back ends in a 'tail' that is folded back to the middle and folded at the waist and secured. The folds are reinforced with thick paper. The embroidered border is folded back and folded along the front panels. Only on the neck is a piece of fabric (14 x 2.5 cm) on which the ornament of the skirt is embroidered in a reduced form. Fully lined with white linen. At the waist is a linen cord for attaching around the waist. Tight-fitting; half-length sleeves that are used far back in the back. The cuffs are lined with blue silk; which is cut off but not finished. Embellishment: in all probability; the body is embroidered with 'tail' before the fabric is processed. The embroidery is glued on the back with a thin layer of bone (?) Glue. Along the cuffs trimmed with white silk bullion. The sleeves are provided with two round lead (?) Weights covered with linen.; anonymous; Nederlanden; 1759; Lijf; Voering lijf; Voering mouwen; w 60 cm d 4 cm w 6.5 cm x w 7.5 cm l 96 cm