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Stomacher

1750-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman’s stomacher of fine bleached linen, lined with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in stem, blanket, chain and satin stitches in a pattern of scrolling stems with small flowers and leaves. It is triangular in shape with a shaped point and a false robing on each side with 4 short narrow skirts at the bottom. The edges are bound with yellow silk grosgrain ribbon and the inner edges of each robing reinforced with baleen.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen, silk, baleen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn
Brief description
Woman's stomacher of linen, 1750-70, British; embroidered with coloured silks, bound with yellow ribbon
Physical description
Woman’s stomacher of fine bleached linen, lined with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in stem, blanket, chain and satin stitches in a pattern of scrolling stems with small flowers and leaves. It is triangular in shape with a shaped point and a false robing on each side with 4 short narrow skirts at the bottom. The edges are bound with yellow silk grosgrain ribbon and the inner edges of each robing reinforced with baleen.
Dimensions
  • Length: 31.5cm (approx)
  • Width: 24.0cm (approx)
Credit line
Given by Miss K. Bird
Collection
Accession number
T.79-1954

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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