Stomacher
1740-1750 (made)
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A stomacher is a decorative panel of fabric, usually triangular in shape, worn to fill the space between the front edges of a woman’s open gown. The stomacher formed part of the ensemble of fashionable women’s dress from the 1680s to the 1780s.
This example is made of extremely luxurious bobbin lace, entirely worked in silver thread, silver strip, silver-covered parchment and silver spangles. It was probably worn with Court dress, which in this period would have been a mantua, that might have been equally richly woven with silver thread.
This example is made of extremely luxurious bobbin lace, entirely worked in silver thread, silver strip, silver-covered parchment and silver spangles. It was probably worn with Court dress, which in this period would have been a mantua, that might have been equally richly woven with silver thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver bobbin lace |
| Brief description | stomacher, silver bobbin lace, 1740s, English |
| Physical description | A stomacher of bobbin lace made with silver thread, strip, frise and spangles in a floral design. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs R Stock |
| Summary | A stomacher is a decorative panel of fabric, usually triangular in shape, worn to fill the space between the front edges of a woman’s open gown. The stomacher formed part of the ensemble of fashionable women’s dress from the 1680s to the 1780s. This example is made of extremely luxurious bobbin lace, entirely worked in silver thread, silver strip, silver-covered parchment and silver spangles. It was probably worn with Court dress, which in this period would have been a mantua, that might have been equally richly woven with silver thread. |
| Bibliographic reference | Avril Hart and Susan North, Historical Fashion in Detail: the 17th and 18th centuries, London: V&A, 1998, p. 202
Ann E. Wild, Chainettes: Gold- und Silber- Bänderspitzen / Gold and Silver Tape Lace, Freiburg 2019, pp. 65-68 |
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| Accession number | T.80B-1948 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2007 |
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