Bodice and Sleeves
1750-1790 (made), 1710 - 1730 (embroidered)
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A bodice with separate sleeves of pieced purple ribbed silk with a wide high neckline and a pointed waist with three waist tabs. The silk is embroidered with silver filé, frisé and purl. The bodice is reinforced with whalebone across the top and at the bottom point. All are lined with linen. The bodice has 10 lacing holes on the left side and 11 on the right. The shoulders are fastened with three metal rings on each side. The sleeves are open down the side seam and fasten at the bottom with a ring and hook. A tie at the top of each sleeve on both sides fastens it through a metal ring at the back of the armhole of the bodice.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, whalebone, silver, silk thread, linen thread, metal rings and hooks; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | A bodice with separate sleeves for a religious statue 1750-1790; French, purple silk, embroidered silver thread, 1710-1730 |
| Physical description | A bodice with separate sleeves of pieced purple ribbed silk with a wide high neckline and a pointed waist with three waist tabs. The silk is embroidered with silver filé, frisé and purl. The bodice is reinforced with whalebone across the top and at the bottom point. All are lined with linen. The bodice has 10 lacing holes on the left side and 11 on the right. The shoulders are fastened with three metal rings on each side. The sleeves are open down the side seam and fasten at the bottom with a ring and hook. A tie at the top of each sleeve on both sides fastens it through a metal ring at the back of the armhole of the bodice. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Purchased from Monsieur Fulgence, 75 Rue la Boëtie, Paris. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 17-1899 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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