Skirt frill
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1890-1905 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Woven, stiffened and machine pleated cotton, edged with machine lace
- Credit Line:
Given anonymously
- Museum number:
T.205-1987
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Skirt frill made from loosely woven and stiffened cream coloured cotton. It consists of a length of widely machine pleated cotton to which at one edge a doubled over band of the ground material is stitched to provide attachment to the dress, and at the other edge a double band of narrow machine pleats edged with machine lace. All the seams are machine chain stitched.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
1890-1905 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Woven, stiffened and machine pleated cotton, edged with machine lace
Dimensions
Length: 86 in, Width: 5.5 in
Object history note
Registered File number 1987/1682.
Descriptive line
Skirt frill of cotton edged with machine lace, England, 1890-1905
Materials
Cotton (textile)
Techniques
Weaving; Pleated; Machine lace-making
Categories
Lace; Women's clothes
Collection code
T&F
