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Dress

Dress

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1842 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silk satin, lined with cotton, calico and glazed cotton, brass, and reinforced with whalebone

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs J. P. Friend Smith

  • Museum number:

    T.848&A-1974

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This dress is characteristic of fashionable styles of the early 1840s. The neckline is wide with a deep collar or ‘bertha’. The long, tight sleeves are typical of the 1840s, while the short over-sleeves recall the elaborate sleeves of the 1830s. The waist is lengthened in front with a point both front and back. The elaborate applied decorations of the 1830s are now no longer fashionable. The satin of this dress is left quite plain, except for a braid edging on the collar.

Physical description

Hand-sewn silk satin dress with a fichu collar.
[Dress] Dress of dove grey silk satin trimmed with matching braid and ruches of self material. The bodice is boned and lined with white cotton. With stiff cotton half moons as preservers. It fastens at the back with flat brass metal hooks and worked eyes. The skirt and sleeves are lined with heavyweight calico. The skirt is interlined at the hem and has a brush braid to match the dress.

The neckline is low and oval, framed by a deep collar which, like the flared over-sleeves, is trimmed with matching looped braid and cord. The bodice is close-fitting, with a long, deeply pointed waist to which the full skirt is neatly attached with organ pleating. The main construction seams are boned, and the joining seams are faced and there are cambric dress preservers. The hem is interlined and padded and edged with braid.
[Collar (neckwear)] Shaped fichu collar lined with glazed cotton, and fastens with hooks and eyes in the centre front.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

ca. 1842 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silk satin, lined with cotton, calico and glazed cotton, brass, and reinforced with whalebone

Descriptive line

Hand-sewn silk satin dress with a fichu collar, England, ca. 1842

Categories

Textiles; Clothing; Accessories; Day wear

Collection code

T&F

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