Gown
1770 - 1775 (weaving), 1770 - 1775 (sewing)
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A woman's gown and petticoat of silk tobine with cannellé maroon stripes with woven pale blue spots, and white satin stripes with a narrow floral trail in green and blue. The gown is in the English (tight-back) style, open at the front with elbow-length sleeves and double, scalloped sleeve ruffles. The pleated robings extend to the waist. The bodice and sleeves are lined with linen; the sleeves weighted with lead. The pleats at the back are stitched down; the skirt finely pleated into the waist seam. The gown is made of 4 widths of silk, with a partial width and triangular gore making up each the skirt fronts, curving up at the hem. The pleats are held in place with loose stitching about 4 cm below the waistseam. Applied in a straight line down the front of the skirts is a ruching of the striped silk, alterating pleats with padded bows, and edged with a woven lace (braid) of white and green silk gimp with maroon floss silk. A simpler version without the padded bows adorns the robings and neck. The sleeve ruffles with a bow of the silk fabric, both edged with the silk gimp.
The petticoat is made of 6 widths of silk. A narrow white silk ribbon binds the hem. It has a box pleat at the centre front waist and flat pleats at the side and back, where it fastens. The waist is bound with a linen tape, forming the tie fastening. The front of the petticoat is decorated with a deep flounce of the striped silk, edged with the silk gimp, arranged in a serpentine line. Below it is a narrowing ruching with padded sections, also in a serpentine line.
The petticoat is made of 6 widths of silk. A narrow white silk ribbon binds the hem. It has a box pleat at the centre front waist and flat pleats at the side and back, where it fastens. The waist is bound with a linen tape, forming the tie fastening. The front of the petticoat is decorated with a deep flounce of the striped silk, edged with the silk gimp, arranged in a serpentine line. Below it is a narrowing ruching with padded sections, also in a serpentine line.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, silk thread, linen thread, wool, lead; hand-woven, hand-sewn |
Brief description | A woman's gown and petticoat, 1770-75, English; Maroon and white striped silk tobine, green & blue flowers, Spitalfields |
Physical description | A woman's gown and petticoat of silk tobine with cannellé maroon stripes with woven pale blue spots, and white satin stripes with a narrow floral trail in green and blue. The gown is in the English (tight-back) style, open at the front with elbow-length sleeves and double, scalloped sleeve ruffles. The pleated robings extend to the waist. The bodice and sleeves are lined with linen; the sleeves weighted with lead. The pleats at the back are stitched down; the skirt finely pleated into the waist seam. The gown is made of 4 widths of silk, with a partial width and triangular gore making up each the skirt fronts, curving up at the hem. The pleats are held in place with loose stitching about 4 cm below the waistseam. Applied in a straight line down the front of the skirts is a ruching of the striped silk, alterating pleats with padded bows, and edged with a woven lace (braid) of white and green silk gimp with maroon floss silk. A simpler version without the padded bows adorns the robings and neck. The sleeve ruffles with a bow of the silk fabric, both edged with the silk gimp. The petticoat is made of 6 widths of silk. A narrow white silk ribbon binds the hem. It has a box pleat at the centre front waist and flat pleats at the side and back, where it fastens. The waist is bound with a linen tape, forming the tie fastening. The front of the petticoat is decorated with a deep flounce of the striped silk, edged with the silk gimp, arranged in a serpentine line. Below it is a narrowing ruching with padded sections, also in a serpentine line. |
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Credit line | Given by Eric Bullivant, Esq. |
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Accession number | T.164&A-1964 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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