Dress
Dress
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Plain narrow square neck reaching three-quarters down the bodice, with a gathered and smocked waist. The skirt is made up of three panels with ornamental seams for a short distance. Dolman sleeves gathered and smocked on the shoulders. The back has a narrow yoke.
The border round the hem is of leaves and there is a similar border but on a smaller scale around the shoulders, bel9ow which is a narrow floral border. Narrow geometrical border round neck and sleeve edges with lines of small flower motives going up the sleeve from edge which is trimmed with the remains of small tassels, to the shoulder. Each sleeve also has an ornamental seam.
Colours: red, green, dark green, blue, brownish mauve, mustard, salmon pink, gold thread.
The border round the hem is of leaves and there is a similar border but on a smaller scale around the shoulders, bel9ow which is a narrow floral border. Narrow geometrical border round neck and sleeve edges with lines of small flower motives going up the sleeve from edge which is trimmed with the remains of small tassels, to the shoulder. Each sleeve also has an ornamental seam.
Colours: red, green, dark green, blue, brownish mauve, mustard, salmon pink, gold thread.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Dress |
| Materials and techniques | Embroidery in silk and metal thread. Skirt is cotton, and sleeves are linen with a cotton warp stripe. |
| Brief description | Dress, linen and cotton embroidered with silk and metal thread, Greek (Dodecanese, Tilos), 1700s. |
| Physical description | Plain narrow square neck reaching three-quarters down the bodice, with a gathered and smocked waist. The skirt is made up of three panels with ornamental seams for a short distance. Dolman sleeves gathered and smocked on the shoulders. The back has a narrow yoke. The border round the hem is of leaves and there is a similar border but on a smaller scale around the shoulders, bel9ow which is a narrow floral border. Narrow geometrical border round neck and sleeve edges with lines of small flower motives going up the sleeve from edge which is trimmed with the remains of small tassels, to the shoulder. Each sleeve also has an ornamental seam. Colours: red, green, dark green, blue, brownish mauve, mustard, salmon pink, gold thread. |
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| Credit line | Prof R. M. Dawkins |
| Object history | Received from Prof R. M. Dawkins of Abergale and Exeter College, Oxford. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.677-1950 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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