Dress
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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.
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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. |
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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) |
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Accession number | T.2428-2021 |
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Record created | October 29, 2018 |
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