Dress
ca. 1860 - ca. 1863 (made)
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Dress consisting of equal stripes of brown and beige watered silk. It has a high round neck and wide double pagoda sleeves trimmed around the edges with an applied braid of dark brown velvet and beige satin. A similar band arranged in a deep 'V' trims the back and front of the bodice. The bodice fastens at the centre front with hooks and eyes and a false button fastening is suggested by small domed-shaped pearl buttons set in brass. The skirt is flat pleated equally to the round waist. The dress is lined with glazed cotton, faced back at the hem with glazed brown cotton twill, and has a brown brush braid. The cuff is lined with white satin and trimmed with a narrow white satin gathered ribbon. In the left side front waist seam is a watch pocket. It is hand stitched.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk dress |
| Brief description | Watered silk dress, England, 1863 |
| Physical description | Dress consisting of equal stripes of brown and beige watered silk. It has a high round neck and wide double pagoda sleeves trimmed around the edges with an applied braid of dark brown velvet and beige satin. A similar band arranged in a deep 'V' trims the back and front of the bodice. The bodice fastens at the centre front with hooks and eyes and a false button fastening is suggested by small domed-shaped pearl buttons set in brass. The skirt is flat pleated equally to the round waist. The dress is lined with glazed cotton, faced back at the hem with glazed brown cotton twill, and has a brown brush braid. The cuff is lined with white satin and trimmed with a narrow white satin gathered ribbon. In the left side front waist seam is a watch pocket. It is hand stitched. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss I Routh |
| Object history | Registered File number 1963/1086. A carte-de-visite supplied by the donor apparently shows this dress worn with the mantle T.127-1963. The photograph is labelled 'Routh' and 'Matilda Golland'. The carte-de-visite is by 'A. Brothers, Photographer, 14 St. Ann's Square, Manchester' (on reverse) and also 'International Exhibition, 1862, Honourable Mention, the only award for Portraits from Lancashire was given to A. Brothers'. |
| Historical context | Pictured with T 127 - 1963 in a sepia Victorian image. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.124-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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