Dress-Making Sample
1898 (made)
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Dress-making sample made from white cotton with a small blue spring flower pattern.
It consists of a one piece dress having a narrow band collar, long sleeves with slight gathered fullness at the shoulder, a natural waistline and a full length six panel skirt, slightly gored, with fullness eased in at the front skirt and only lightly gathered at the back. The bodice has fullness eased in between waist and neck on either side of the centre front opening which fastens with small dome shaped pearl buttons. The bodice is lined. There is a pocket inserted in the back seam of the skirt.
It consists of a one piece dress having a narrow band collar, long sleeves with slight gathered fullness at the shoulder, a natural waistline and a full length six panel skirt, slightly gored, with fullness eased in at the front skirt and only lightly gathered at the back. The bodice has fullness eased in between waist and neck on either side of the centre front opening which fastens with small dome shaped pearl buttons. The bodice is lined. There is a pocket inserted in the back seam of the skirt.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton skirt slightly gored |
| Brief description | Printed cotton dress-making sample, England, 1898 |
| Physical description | Dress-making sample made from white cotton with a small blue spring flower pattern. It consists of a one piece dress having a narrow band collar, long sleeves with slight gathered fullness at the shoulder, a natural waistline and a full length six panel skirt, slightly gored, with fullness eased in at the front skirt and only lightly gathered at the back. The bodice has fullness eased in between waist and neck on either side of the centre front opening which fastens with small dome shaped pearl buttons. The bodice is lined. There is a pocket inserted in the back seam of the skirt. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr E. W. Mynott |
| Object history | Worn with belt T.52A-1980. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.52-1980 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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