Walking Costume
1900-1905 (made)
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Woman's walking suit consisting of a long frock jacket and skirt in soft light purple wool face cloth trimmed with grey silk braid in a lattice edging the jacket edges and around the skirt hem. The jacket has smocked shoulders, barrel sleeves and knee-length skirts. The jacket also has decorative soutache down the fronts and is lined in cream silk satin. The skirt is lined in purple taffeta.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wool face cloth, trimmed with silk braid, lined with silk satin and taffeta |
| Brief description | Woman's walking suit consisting of a jacket and skirt in wool face cloth, designed by Mrs Dunstan, New York, 1900-1905 |
| Physical description | Woman's walking suit consisting of a long frock jacket and skirt in soft light purple wool face cloth trimmed with grey silk braid in a lattice edging the jacket edges and around the skirt hem. The jacket has smocked shoulders, barrel sleeves and knee-length skirts. The jacket also has decorative soutache down the fronts and is lined in cream silk satin. The skirt is lined in purple taffeta. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Hoyer Millar |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.40&A-1961 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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