Dress
ca. 1800 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Open robe, dating to about 1790, converted to a round gown, in about 1800-05. The cotton has a block-printed all-over pattern of seaweed and seashells, with some twisted ribbon-like forms, in four shades of purple.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Block-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Dress of printed cotton, purple on white, fabric designed by William Kilburn, England, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Open robe, dating to about 1790, converted to a round gown, in about 1800-05. The cotton has a block-printed all-over pattern of seaweed and seashells, with some twisted ribbon-like forms, in four shades of purple. |
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| Credit line | Purchase. |
| Object history | Purchased for 220 pounds from Christie's in 1965. Registered File number 1990/1965. |
| Historical context | Ann Christie identified the printed cotton from which this gown is made as a design in the V&A's collection by William Kilburn: E.894:49-1978. |
| Bibliographic reference | A Taste for Seaweed: William Kilburns Late Eighteenth-Century Designs for Printed Cottons
Author: Christie, Ann
Source: Journal of Design History, Volume 24, Number 4, December 2011 , pp. 299-314(16) |
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| Accession number | T.84-1991 |
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| Record created | July 7, 2005 |
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