Evening Dress
1827-1828 (made)
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Evening dress of deep cerulean blue wool and silk blend gauze. With a high waist, large puffed short sleeves and low gathered neckline. The full skirt and bodice is mounted on a wide gauze waistband and is lined with cotton. The skirt has a band of yellow chain-stitch embroidery of grapes and vine leaves mid-way down. The sleeves are lined with stiff crinoline. The dress fastens at the back with flat white metal hooks and eyes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool and silk blend gauze, lined with cotton, crinoline, embroidered, metal |
| Brief description | Evening dress of wool and silk blend gauze, England, 1827-1828 |
| Physical description | Evening dress of deep cerulean blue wool and silk blend gauze. With a high waist, large puffed short sleeves and low gathered neckline. The full skirt and bodice is mounted on a wide gauze waistband and is lined with cotton. The skirt has a band of yellow chain-stitch embroidery of grapes and vine leaves mid-way down. The sleeves are lined with stiff crinoline. The dress fastens at the back with flat white metal hooks and eyes. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'GP 151' (Written in ink and inside the waistband) |
| Credit line | Given by Canon Mansel and Mrs Mansel |
| Object history | This dress was worn by Harriet Duncombe on the occasion her future husband, Mr. Vade Walpole, proposed to her. They were married in 1828. |
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| Accession number | T.59-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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