Stomacher
1750-1770 (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss K. Bird |
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| Accession number | T.79-1954 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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