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Pelisse

Pelisse

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1820 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silk, lined with silk and cotton, hand-sewn

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Miss M. Lee

  • Museum number:

    T.383-1960

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is an example of a ‘pelisse robe’, or a dress in the style of a coat. It was often worn for walking or visiting during the day. Unlike most other dresses of the period, the pelisse robe opens down the front and has a wide collar. This particular dress is very elaborately decorated with piping (very thin rolls of fabric) and interlaced rolls made of the same silk. The skirt of the dress is cut in an A-line shape, and the hem padded to accentuate this shape.

Physical description

This is a pelisse robe: it has a fairly high waistline to which is attached a slightly gored skirt with a gathered panel at the centre of the back. The collar is stiffened and has a vent at the back, trimmed with a tassel. The sleeves are long with short puffed oversleeves of stepped bands, faced and lined with satin, and wristbands which fasten with a button. The coat is trimmed with applied piping arranged in flower shapes on the bust and at the wrists and in elongated curves on the skirt borders. It is lined with blue silk and padded at the hem. It fastens with loops and concealed buttons.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

ca. 1820 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silk, lined with silk and cotton, hand-sewn

Categories

Clothing; Day wear

Collection code

T&F

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