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Dress
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1845 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Printed silk satin, trimmed with velvet ribbon, lined with cotton and silk, hand-sewn
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Lindsey
- Museum number:
T.169-1959
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This dress is typical of women's fashions of the mid-1840s. It has long, tight sleeves, a high, round neck and long, pointed waistline. It is made of silk satin in a tartan pattern. Tartan fabrics were very fashionable in the 1840s, thanks partly to the continuing popularity of Walter Scott's historical novels, set in Scotland. Queen Victoria (ruled 1837-1901) had just acquired a royal residence at Balmoral, Scotland, and set the fashion for all things Scottish.