A mid-Victorian printed fine wool dress, lined with cream glazed cotton, rear fastening with hooks and eyes, round neck, the bodice forming a low point at the front, with ruffles from the shoulder to the waist, and tiny gathers to the skirt to accommodate a good quantity of fabric, shaped, fitted sleeves with tucks to the elbow, same fabric piping to shoulders and bodice, autumnal colours for the fabric, a dark cream ground designed with vertical meandering lines of orange flowers edged with red, alternating with broader bands of turquoise, pale green and brown filled with tiny flowers in orange and pink, completely hand sewn, waist approx. 22 inches or 56cm; a late 19th century black silk taffeta dress of a style suitable for Music Hall, original to the period, with light sea-green panels to the neck and front, elbow-length sleeve and skirt ruffles piped with the same, the front opening to the waist with hook and eye fastening, and further laced in turquoise cord, from the low bodice front to the hem, lined in cream glazed cotton, boned at the ribcage, waist approx. 22 inches or 56cm, hand finished (2)