What is this decoration called, and is this dress 50's?

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Villa

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What is this decoration called? It is a leaf motif with a stitched outline and a puffy raised area within each leaf. Is there a specific name for this type of work?
Also, is this dress 50's, maybe late 40's?
Thanks for all the help!! DSC_0018-1.JPGDSC_0444.JPG
 
The dress looks like late 1940's to me and the leaf motif looks like trapunto but I think we'd have get a closer look. Both pieces are smashing!
 
Thanks ladies! I cropped a pic for a close up. In it, it looks like it could possibly be an applique, but, it isn't. I think trapunto sounds exactly right. Here is a closer pic.DSC_0018-2.JPG By the way, do you have any suggestions of what you think the fabric on the dress may be? It is thin and silky, but with a faint visable textue, and when I pull it one direction it expands a bit and skews the print, but when I go the other dirrection there is no give at all. You can just see in the pic that there are two brownish spots on the front of the bodice. I need to start thinking about what I am going to do about them. Thanks again.
 
Is that dotted swiss overlay on the dress ? I love dotted swiss and just spent hours online looking at vintage items with that fabric.
Gorgeous.
 
Oh that dress :wub:

Thanks ladies, always wondered what that decoration was called!
 
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Thank you everyone!
Rita, I know, isn't it gorgeous?! Foofoogal, it isn't swiss dot, but I can see how it looks like it. It just has a sheer navy layer over the skirt portion, and the small blue/white checks show through. I am adding a close up of the fabric to help.
 
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