(Via Kelley House Museum in Mendocino, CA)
[1890, by Madame J. Baer] Black silk bodice elaborately ruffled and trimmed, owned by Amanda Sjolund Warnell. Bodice very elaborate, center front opening ”double front ” black silk over net over silk inner lining (center front opening edged with black cotton trim repeated at sleeve cuffs and neckline; sleeves are elaborate gathered leg-o-mutton 3/4 length with pleated ruching at mid-arm. Cummerbund waist, mandarin collar with same trim as center bodice and cuffs; inner half-lining of ivory silk. Embroidered gold label inside reads ” G. Baer, 1200 Geary St. San Francisco” A hand-sewn inked label that reads ”Robertson.”