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Dress Bodice

1750-1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Girl's dress bodice of white Spitalfields silk damask brocade, with a pattern of zig zag floral stems and detached sprays of roses on a diapered background of lozenges with rosettes at their corners. The bodice has leading strings of matching fabric attached at the shoulder back, elbow length sleeves and a back fastening.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Spitalfields silk
Brief description
Girl's dress bodice of white Spitalfields silk brocade woven in a floral pattern on a diaper background; with leading strings; made in England, 1750-59
Physical description
Girl's dress bodice of white Spitalfields silk damask brocade, with a pattern of zig zag floral stems and detached sprays of roses on a diapered background of lozenges with rosettes at their corners. The bodice has leading strings of matching fabric attached at the shoulder back, elbow length sleeves and a back fastening.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11¾in
(dimensions as supplied on transfer)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Morgan
Object history
Given by Mrs Morgan (RF 84/ 91)
Historical context
For image of skirt fabric see 162A-1899. Parts B,C,D are with the department of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion; Part A is on loan to Macclesfield
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
162-1899

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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