Dress
ca. 1740 (made)
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Girl's dress, of ivory coloured Spitalfields silk, brocaded and woven with floral motifs, mainly in olive green and dark red. Mounted with reproduction underskirt of pink silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded and woven silk |
| Brief description | Girl's dress, brocaded and woven ivory silk with floral motifs, made in England, ca. 1740 |
| Physical description | Girl's dress, of ivory coloured Spitalfields silk, brocaded and woven with floral motifs, mainly in olive green and dark red. Mounted with reproduction underskirt of pink silk. |
| Gallery label | This (almost) 300-year-old dress might have been difficult for its wealthy wearer to put on without some help. It originally had complicated fastenings and was worn with lots of layers underneath.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery short object label] (2023) |
| Production | Made from Spitalfields silk. The dress is mounted with reproduction underskirt of pink silk made by Conservation. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 272-1898 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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