Dress Panel
ca. 1830 (made)
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Panel from the skirt of a court dress made of cream grosgrain embroidered with two varieties of silver strip in satin stitch with raised basket work, padded overcast and speckling stitches.
Sprigs of flowers are arranged along the hem with curving lines of flower-heads in decreasing sizes rising from them to the top of the skirt. The lines of flowers are linked by curved bands of lattice work, decorated with raised bosses and with leaf-shapes.
Sprigs of flowers are arranged along the hem with curving lines of flower-heads in decreasing sizes rising from them to the top of the skirt. The lines of flowers are linked by curved bands of lattice work, decorated with raised bosses and with leaf-shapes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk grosgrain |
| Brief description | Dress panel of embroidered silk, made in England, ca. 1840 |
| Physical description | Panel from the skirt of a court dress made of cream grosgrain embroidered with two varieties of silver strip in satin stitch with raised basket work, padded overcast and speckling stitches. Sprigs of flowers are arranged along the hem with curving lines of flower-heads in decreasing sizes rising from them to the top of the skirt. The lines of flowers are linked by curved bands of lattice work, decorated with raised bosses and with leaf-shapes. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs C L Curle. |
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| Accession number | T.108-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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