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Combination Underwear

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of women's knee length combinations of black silk and machine-made lace. With a low round neck and with no sleeves. They fasten down the centre front. The black machine-made lace, which is threaded with a narrow pink ribbon, trims the neck and arm holes. At the knee is a wide shaped diagonal band of machine-made lace insertion and tucking trims the breast.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk and machine-made lace, ribbon
Brief description
Pair of women's knee length combinations of silk and machine-made lace, England, ca. 1905
Physical description
Pair of women's knee length combinations of black silk and machine-made lace. With a low round neck and with no sleeves. They fasten down the centre front. The black machine-made lace, which is threaded with a narrow pink ribbon, trims the neck and arm holes. At the knee is a wide shaped diagonal band of machine-made lace insertion and tucking trims the breast.
Dimensions
  • Bust circumference: 92cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Width: 32in
  • Shoulder to leg length: 45in
  • Waist circumference: 80cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Inside leg length: 40cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Crotch depth (front waist to back waist through crotch) measured inside garment length: 39cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Hem circumference: 54cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
Credit line
Given by Miss P. W. Hyde
Collection
Accession number
T.12-1961

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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