Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress

ca. 1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress with train, purple ribbed silk trimmed with velvet of a similar tint, embroidered net, and machine-made lace, bows of narrow pink satin ribbon, and applied embroidery in metal thread and purple glass beads.

The bodice is close-fitting, slightly pointed in front, with small tails at the back, and it fastens at the front; it has an upright collar, V-shaped stomacher, raised epaulettes, sleeves puffed to the elbow and tight beyond to the wrists, with dentated cuffs.

The skirt is pleated in front with a long plush insertion widening to the bottom edge on the left side; the spreading train is plain and rounded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bodice
  • Skirt
Materials and techniques
silk, velvet, applied machine-lace, glass beads and metal embroidery, satin ribbons
Brief description
Dress, bodice and skirt, purple ribbed silk, France or England, ca.1893
Physical description
Dress with train, purple ribbed silk trimmed with velvet of a similar tint, embroidered net, and machine-made lace, bows of narrow pink satin ribbon, and applied embroidery in metal thread and purple glass beads.

The bodice is close-fitting, slightly pointed in front, with small tails at the back, and it fastens at the front; it has an upright collar, V-shaped stomacher, raised epaulettes, sleeves puffed to the elbow and tight beyond to the wrists, with dentated cuffs.

The skirt is pleated in front with a long plush insertion widening to the bottom edge on the left side; the spreading train is plain and rounded.
Credit line
Given by the family of Major and Mrs. W. Mackay Mackenzie
Object history
Displayed in the costume court at the V&A, 1962-1979
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
T.207&A-1915

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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