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Gown

Gown

  • Place of origin:

    France (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1785 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silk, printed cotton, lined with linen, boned, hand-sewn

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Miss M. L. Wethered

  • Museum number:

    T.232-1969

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This 1780s gown has a skirt of printed cotton and a silk bodice. This makes it look like two separate garments, although the two are sewn together. The cotton is printed in a pattern of pine trees, lilacs, dianthus, convolvulus and daisy trails. Like most gowns of the decade, the bodice is tight fitting at the back and closes in front. The round shape of the skirt is typical of the 1780s.

Physical description

Gown consisting of a brown silk bodice and a white ground glazed cotton skirt with a large scale printed design of spring stems in brown with pine trees with roots and cones, lilac and pink pinks, blue convolvulus and small daisy trails.

The bodice has a low square neck, with a draw string, a centre front opening with a square tab below the waist, and a boned pointed back with concave waist seam. The sleeves are elbow length which they are seamed to fit and have a narrow stitched turn back cuff. The skirt is set with the top gathers horizontally turned at the centre back. It has pocket slits finished with white braid and a train. The bodice is lined with white linen.

Place of Origin

France (possibly, made)

Date

ca. 1785 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silk, printed cotton, lined with linen, boned, hand-sewn

Descriptive line

Gown consisting of a silk bodice and a printed cotton skirt, possibly made in France, ca. 1785

Categories

Textiles; Fashion; Formal wear; Women's clothes

Collection code

T&F

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