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Dress

Dress

  • Place of origin:

    UK (made)

  • Date:

    1858-1860 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed cotton, trimmed with whitework embroidery, hand-sewn

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd.

  • Museum number:

    T.702-1913

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is an example of a fashionable summer day dress of the late 1850s. Typical of the period are the full ‘pagoda’ sleeves and the bodice gathered from the shoulders into the lower front waist. Tiered skirts were popular in the 1850s. The fabric was printed with a decorative border expressly for use as tiers of a dress. It was known by the French term à disposition’.

Physical description

The design is printed in lilac and beige and the dress is trimmed with white-work embroidery. The body of the dress has an all- over lilac sprig pattern and the flounce a formal floral design. The bodice has a plain, round neck and extra fullness at the bust gathered just above the waist. It fastens at the back. The sleeves are tight to just above the elbow, and then flare widely. The flounced skirt is gathered onto a slightly peaked waistband.

Place of Origin

UK (made)

Date

1858-1860 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Printed cotton, trimmed with whitework embroidery, hand-sewn

Categories

Clothing; Day wear

Collection code

T&F

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