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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

Powder blue silk dress with white silk floral embroidery and machine-made lace decorated with sequins. The bodice has a high neckline, long pleated chiffon covered sleeves, and a long full skirt with a zig-zag border

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Categories	Womenswear Embroidery Fashion Clothing
Object type	Dress
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Skirt Bodice
Materials and techniques	Taffeta Machine Made Lace Sequins Chiffon Dressmaking Embroidery
Brief description	Dress, ca. 1900-1905, English; Powder blue taffeta, sequinned lace, embroidery
Physical description	Powder blue silk dress with white silk floral embroidery and machine-made lace decorated with sequins. The bodice has a high neckline, long pleated chiffon covered sleeves, and a long full skirt with a zig-zag border
Dimensions	Skirt length: 124.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Skirt width: 162.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Bodice back width: 73.7cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Bodice sleeve length: 50.8cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Bodice waist circumference: 83.8cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Credit line	Given by Captain Collingwood Ingram
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.215-1927

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O355341/dress-unknown/

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