Dress
1812-1815 (made)
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Girl's dress of white muslin embroidered from the hem with a floral design in coloured wools. The dress has a high-waisted bodice, vertically-gathered puffed sleeves and a trained skirt. The bodice fastens at the back (it has been altered and possibly reversed). The skirt and quarter-sleeves are rather full and simply cut. The embroidering runs round the lower hem and rises to form a large triangular panel in front: it consists of stylized floral sprigs in two shades of green, yellow, orange and mauve. There is also a similar band about the sleeves.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Muslin embroidered in wool |
Brief description | Dress, for a girl, muslin with embroidering in coloured wool, England, 1812-1815 |
Physical description | Girl's dress of white muslin embroidered from the hem with a floral design in coloured wools. The dress has a high-waisted bodice, vertically-gathered puffed sleeves and a trained skirt. The bodice fastens at the back (it has been altered and possibly reversed). The skirt and quarter-sleeves are rather full and simply cut. The embroidering runs round the lower hem and rises to form a large triangular panel in front: it consists of stylized floral sprigs in two shades of green, yellow, orange and mauve. There is also a similar band about the sleeves. |
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Object history | Possibly a petticoat to which a child's bodice has been added. |
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Accession number | T.29-1936 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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