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On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 1

Dress

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman's dress of silk net, embroidered with straw and yellow glass beads, with a high waistline, fastening at the back. It has a low, wide neckline and short, full, gathered sleeves.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
White, machine-made, single press point silk net, heavily coated with wheat starch. Plain woven silk ribbon. Straw embroidery (likely wheat or rye). Blown glass beads, filled with yellow wax.
Brief description
Woman's dress, British or American, c1810, of white silk net, embroidered with straw and yellow beads
Physical description
Woman's dress of silk net, embroidered with straw and yellow glass beads, with a high waistline, fastening at the back. It has a low, wide neckline and short, full, gathered sleeves.
Dimensions
  • Silk net dress length: 134cm
  • Length of skirt length: 114cm (Note: Measured from waistband to hem )
  • Circumference: 29cm (Note: circumference of sleeve at hem)
  • Length of sleeve length: 22cm
  • Length of bodice at front, from top edge to waistband length: 9cm
  • Length of bodice, at back, from top edge to waistband length: 10cm
  • Circumference of waistband circumference: 80cm
Credit line
Given by the V&A Americas Foundation through the generosity of B. Okumura
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.2428-2021

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Record createdOctober 29, 2018
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