Evening Dress
ca. 1887 (made)
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Evening bodice and skirt of silk with satin stripes and large scale leaf pattern and bands of green stripes.
The bodice is trimmed with frills of pin silk gauze with scallop embroidered edges. The right shoulder has a curling ostrich feather mount. It is lined with linen with a vernacular pattern, boned and with a wide grosgrain waist band. It laces at the back.
The skirt has a pink satin pattern in the centre with pink chiffon drapes trimmed with pink ostrich feathers (Struthio camelus). It hooks at the back where it is gathered into a bustle. The front is lined with linen and the back with tarlatan. The sides are hooked over with elastic straps to form the bustle drape. The hem is satin-faced and there is a double tiered brush frill.
The bodice is trimmed with frills of pin silk gauze with scallop embroidered edges. The right shoulder has a curling ostrich feather mount. It is lined with linen with a vernacular pattern, boned and with a wide grosgrain waist band. It laces at the back.
The skirt has a pink satin pattern in the centre with pink chiffon drapes trimmed with pink ostrich feathers (Struthio camelus). It hooks at the back where it is gathered into a bustle. The front is lined with linen and the back with tarlatan. The sides are hooked over with elastic straps to form the bustle drape. The hem is satin-faced and there is a double tiered brush frill.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, satin, embroidered silk gauze, ostrich feathers (Struthio camelus), lined with linen and tarlatan, boned, chiffon |
| Brief description | Evening dress consisting of a silk bodice and skirt, England, ca. 1887 |
| Physical description | Evening bodice and skirt of silk with satin stripes and large scale leaf pattern and bands of green stripes. The bodice is trimmed with frills of pin silk gauze with scallop embroidered edges. The right shoulder has a curling ostrich feather mount. It is lined with linen with a vernacular pattern, boned and with a wide grosgrain waist band. It laces at the back. The skirt has a pink satin pattern in the centre with pink chiffon drapes trimmed with pink ostrich feathers (Struthio camelus). It hooks at the back where it is gathered into a bustle. The front is lined with linen and the back with tarlatan. The sides are hooked over with elastic straps to form the bustle drape. The hem is satin-faced and there is a double tiered brush frill. |
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| Gallery label | Ostrich feathers were widely used for clothes and fans. Ostriches were domesticated and farmed in South Africa from the 1860s. In 1869 an ostrich egg incubator was patented allowing the controlled breeding of the birds. Provided their feathers were removed correctly, the birds suffered no harm.(21/04/2018 - 27/01/2019) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs James Leahy in 1969, who received it among many Victorian costume and toys from her mother Mrs George Atkinson. Mrs Atkinson was knowledgable about costume and was acquainted with the then senior research assistant of the department od textiles, Madeleine Ginsburg, later appointed as V&A's first curator of dress |
| Object history | RF number is 1969/1831. |
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| Accession number | T.365&A-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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