Night Gown
1760s (made)
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A man's night gown made of white silk brocaded with coloured silks in a floral design, lined and faced with pink silk taffeta. The nightgown is T-shaped, with shoulder seams, the fronts and back cut and shaped under the arms, with 2-piece sleeves and small triangular side gores.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk; hand-woven, brocaded, hand-sewn. |
| Brief description | Man's night gown, 1760s, British; brocaded white silk, 1760s, Spitalfields, lined with pink silk |
| Physical description | A man's night gown made of white silk brocaded with coloured silks in a floral design, lined and faced with pink silk taffeta. The nightgown is T-shaped, with shoulder seams, the fronts and back cut and shaped under the arms, with 2-piece sleeves and small triangular side gores. |
| Bibliographic reference | North, Susan. (2020). Indian Gowns and Banyans — New Evidence and Perspectives. Costume, 54 (1). pp. 30-55.
DOI: 10.3366/cost.2020.0142 |
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| Accession number | T.137-1911 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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