Stomacher
1710-1730 (made)
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Woman’s stomacher of ivory silk satin, lined with linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in stem, satin, long and short stitches, in a pattern of large flowers and leaves. The stomacher is triangular with a shaped point and short wide skirt on each side, couched with yellow silk cord to look like 2 narrow skirts. The edges are bound with yellow silk grosgrain ribbon.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's stomacher of ivory silk satin, 1710-30, British; embroidered with coloured silks |
| Physical description | Woman’s stomacher of ivory silk satin, lined with linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in stem, satin, long and short stitches, in a pattern of large flowers and leaves. The stomacher is triangular with a shaped point and short wide skirt on each side, couched with yellow silk cord to look like 2 narrow skirts. The edges are bound with yellow silk grosgrain ribbon. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.445-1920 |
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| Record created | September 19, 2007 |
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