Dress Trimming
ca. 1880 (made)
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Set of four machine-embroidered dress trimmings.
One is a flounce of white silk (T.324), machine-embroidered in blue, pink, grey, white, brown and buff silk with an all over design of long-handled baskets of flowers, bows of ribbon, small birds and delicate swags of flowers and leaves. Scalloped lower border embroidered in white and finished off with a tasselled silk fringe.
The other three are narrow scalloped borders of white silk machine-embroidered to match the flounce with bows of ribbon, birds and floral swags.
One is a flounce of white silk (T.324), machine-embroidered in blue, pink, grey, white, brown and buff silk with an all over design of long-handled baskets of flowers, bows of ribbon, small birds and delicate swags of flowers and leaves. Scalloped lower border embroidered in white and finished off with a tasselled silk fringe.
The other three are narrow scalloped borders of white silk machine-embroidered to match the flounce with bows of ribbon, birds and floral swags.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Machine-embroidered silk with silks |
| Brief description | Four machine-embroidered silk dress trimmings with silks, England, ca. 1880. |
| Physical description | Set of four machine-embroidered dress trimmings. One is a flounce of white silk (T.324), machine-embroidered in blue, pink, grey, white, brown and buff silk with an all over design of long-handled baskets of flowers, bows of ribbon, small birds and delicate swags of flowers and leaves. Scalloped lower border embroidered in white and finished off with a tasselled silk fringe. The other three are narrow scalloped borders of white silk machine-embroidered to match the flounce with bows of ribbon, birds and floral swags. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss M. E. Pleydell-Bouverie |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.324 to C-1965 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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