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Dress
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1842 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- 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
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.