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Dress

ca. 1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress of lilac-coloured ribbed silk consisting of a bodice and skirt, trimmed with satin ribbon of a paler tone and edgings of machine-made lace. The bodice is close-fitting, open in a V-shaped front with stomacher and lappets; it has long sleeves tapering to the wrists, with dentated epaulettes at the shoulders. There is a narrow ribbon waist-band with bows of moderate size both back and front. The skirt is plain, cut full with short train.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 9 parts.

  • Jacket Bodice
  • Skirt
  • Underskirt
  • Handkerchief
  • Belt
  • Knot (Motif)
  • Bodice Panel
  • Belt
  • Knot (Motif)
Materials and techniques
Ribbed silk trimmed with machine lace and satin ribbon
Brief description
Dress: bodice, skirt, petticoat and handkerchief, lilac silk, English or French, ca.1860
Physical description
Dress of lilac-coloured ribbed silk consisting of a bodice and skirt, trimmed with satin ribbon of a paler tone and edgings of machine-made lace. The bodice is close-fitting, open in a V-shaped front with stomacher and lappets; it has long sleeves tapering to the wrists, with dentated epaulettes at the shoulders. There is a narrow ribbon waist-band with bows of moderate size both back and front. The skirt is plain, cut full with short train.
Credit line
Given by the family of Major and Mrs. W. Mackay Mackenzie
Object history
Note from paper register: 'worn by a member of the family who resided much in Paris'
Collection
Accession number
T.204 to H-1915

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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