Boy's Dress
ca. 1875 (made)
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Boy's dress, of magenta twill lined with white cotton and brown silk, and trimmed with brown braid.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Twill lined with cotton and silk |
| Brief description | Boy's dress, twill lined with cotton and silk, and trimmed with braid, England, ca. 1875 |
| Physical description | Boy's dress, of magenta twill lined with white cotton and brown silk, and trimmed with brown braid. |
| Object history | Boys' dress of magenta and black. It was worn by Theophilus Willway when he was about 6 years old and donated to the museum by his great niece and nephew, along with another of his dresses and a pair of shoes and a silk party dress of c.1895, worn by the donors' mother, Lucy Ainsworth (b.1884 - d. 1978) Theophilus went on to become a photographer, first training under Frieze-Green of Bristol. He never married. |
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| Accession number | MISC.158-1979 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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