Miniature Dress
1898 (made)
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Bodice jacket of green wool with high stiffened band collar and long sleeves with slight fullness at the shoulder. It is waist length with a point at the centre, front and back, and shaped and darted to fit the figure. Small grey pearl buttons fasten the centre front opening. It is lined with white sateen printed with a black vertical stripe pattern. The bones on darts and seams are faced with black satin, and the tops feathers are stitched in red thread. The collar is faced in red silk.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wool, pearl, printed sateen, silk |
| Brief description | Wool dressmaking sample, Great Britain, 1898 |
| Physical description | Bodice jacket of green wool with high stiffened band collar and long sleeves with slight fullness at the shoulder. It is waist length with a point at the centre, front and back, and shaped and darted to fit the figure. Small grey pearl buttons fasten the centre front opening. It is lined with white sateen printed with a black vertical stripe pattern. The bones on darts and seams are faced with black satin, and the tops feathers are stitched in red thread. The collar is faced in red silk. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr E. W. Mynott |
| Object history | Worn with skirt T.52C-1980. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.52B-1980 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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