Dress
1868 (made)
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Boy's dress. (original 1968 description): It is made from blue velvet trimmed with black silk braid and facetted steel buttons. The dress has a high neck and fastens with black metal hooks and worked eyes from neck to hip down the centre front. The flared knee length skirt is plain at the centre front and cut in one with the bodice, but at the back it is flat pleated with a square flap at the centre back of the bodice, flanked by pointed ones. The sleeves are long and there si a belt stitched at the side which fastens at the centre front with two black metal hooks with worked eyes. The black silk braid runs around the neck, forms a placket down the centre front, and edges the vandyked epaulets which run from shoulder to front waist. Diagonal bands are stitched at the cuffs, and four rows at the hem. Facetted steel buttons of slightly larger size but identical design than on T.221-1968 are stitched down the centre front and trim epaulets, tails and sleeves. White eyelet embroidery edges the neck and front. The dress is lined with white silk. It is hand stitched.
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Materials and techniques | Velvet, silk, steel |
Brief description | Boy's dress of blue velvet trimmed with black silk braid and facetted steel buttons; England, 1868 |
Physical description | Boy's dress. (original 1968 description): It is made from blue velvet trimmed with black silk braid and facetted steel buttons. The dress has a high neck and fastens with black metal hooks and worked eyes from neck to hip down the centre front. The flared knee length skirt is plain at the centre front and cut in one with the bodice, but at the back it is flat pleated with a square flap at the centre back of the bodice, flanked by pointed ones. The sleeves are long and there si a belt stitched at the side which fastens at the centre front with two black metal hooks with worked eyes. The black silk braid runs around the neck, forms a placket down the centre front, and edges the vandyked epaulets which run from shoulder to front waist. Diagonal bands are stitched at the cuffs, and four rows at the hem. Facetted steel buttons of slightly larger size but identical design than on T.221-1968 are stitched down the centre front and trim epaulets, tails and sleeves. White eyelet embroidery edges the neck and front. The dress is lined with white silk. It is hand stitched. |
Dimensions | (no dimensions supplied in original 1968 description) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs Jean Orme |
Object history | Given by Mrs Jean Orme (RF 68/ 3315). The dress is one of two (T.221 and 222-1968) worn by cousins of the donor's mother. The garments were worn by Edwin Hollis Perks (birth registered 4th quarter of 1862) (according to the donor's mother 1864) and Bernard Perks (birth registered 2nd quarter of 1866). They were the sons of Samuel H Perks, proprietor of an edge tool manufacturing firm in Wolverhampton, and his wife Emma: the elder son seems to have been known as Hollis when he was a child and as Edwin when he was older. There are copy photograps of the boys showing Bernard wearing T.221-1968 and Hollis wearing T.222-1968). |
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Accession number | T.222-1968 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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