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Stomacher

1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Possibly a woman's stomacher of dark pink silk satin, U-shaped. It is couched with silver and silver-gilt filé, in a symmetrical design of abstract shapes. It is backed with red cotton printed with a small repeating spot motif of white asterisks.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, cotton, silver, gold; hand-woven, block-printed, hand-embroidered
Brief description
Possibly a woman's stomacher of dark pink silk satin, 1750-75, possibly British; embroidered metal threads.
Physical description
Possibly a woman's stomacher of dark pink silk satin, U-shaped. It is couched with silver and silver-gilt filé, in a symmetrical design of abstract shapes. It is backed with red cotton printed with a small repeating spot motif of white asterisks.
Dimensions
  • Centre front length: 33.0cm (approx)
  • Upper edge width: 8in
  • Width: 20.5cm (approx)
Credit line
Given by Mrs O. L. Meyrick-Jones
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.189-1959

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2007
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