A soft brown and black voided velvet and plain black velvet one

A soft brown and black voided velvet and plain black velvet one piece dress with a removable vest.  Bodice is black velvet w/a cream net insert at the neckline, black velvet sleeves which end in a wide cuff of the voided black velvet, there is a 11-1/2” lace ruffle at the wrist, bodice has a stand up collar of voided velvet. The outer layer vest is boned and fastens at the center front w/hooks and eyes.  The dress may have been remade in the 19-teens.  Waist is 29”  and 37” at the center front.  Dress belonged to Taube Leah Goodman Ravel and said to have been the dress she wore when she came to the United States from Lithuania. She was the Grandmother of the provider of the content in this collection. DATE: Between 1896 and 1899.