Dress
1901
| Artist/Maker |
Silk dress with matching petticoat and drawers.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Skirt dancing dress, 1901, with petticoat-knicker combination undergarment |
| Physical description | Silk dress with matching petticoat and drawers. |
| Object history | Skirt dancing was a popular form of stage entertainment for several decades. It was originated by the music hall performer Kate Vaughan in the 1870s, and became a craze. It was a mixture of ballet steps and acrobatic movements, and the dancers wore long full-skirted dresses which they could also manipulate to give decorative effects such as wings, or flames. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.201-1970 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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