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Day Dress

1900-1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blue silk day dress in the Chinoiserie style. It is pale grey-blue silk embroidered with geometric Chinese-style jigsaw-puzzle like lines in coloured silk, the borders of pale yellow edged with black and worked with delicate flowers on a pale yellow ground border edged in black. The bodice is trimmed with accordion-pleated silk chiffon frills and cut with a stylized Chinese-style assymetrical lapel fastening. Boned bodice with waist stay


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Skirt
  • Bodice
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Silk day dress, ca. 1900, French; Nicaud
Physical description
Blue silk day dress in the Chinoiserie style. It is pale grey-blue silk embroidered with geometric Chinese-style jigsaw-puzzle like lines in coloured silk, the borders of pale yellow edged with black and worked with delicate flowers on a pale yellow ground border edged in black. The bodice is trimmed with accordion-pleated silk chiffon frills and cut with a stylized Chinese-style assymetrical lapel fastening. Boned bodice with waist stay
Dimensions
  • Skirt length: 116.8cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Skirt width: 190.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Bodice back width: 86.4cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Bodice sleeve length: 58.4cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Bodice waist circumference: 88.9cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Style
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Captain Collingwood Ingram
Collection
Accession number
T.208-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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