Dress Bodice
1740-1749 (weaving), 1775-1780 (made)
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Bodice removed from a woman’s gown of beige silk taffeta in coloured silks in a pattern of flowers and meandering grosgrain ribbon. It is lined with linen and has a square neckline, fitted back and elbow-length sleeves, with double, scalloped sleeve ruffles. The bodice was once part of a gown probably made in the 1750s and then updated in the late 1770s when the robings were unpicked and reconfigured to meet and close at centre front.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, brocaded, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Bodice from a woman's gown, 1775-80, British; of beige silk taffeta, brocaded with coloured silks, Spitalfields, 1740s |
| Physical description | Bodice removed from a woman’s gown of beige silk taffeta in coloured silks in a pattern of flowers and meandering grosgrain ribbon. It is lined with linen and has a square neckline, fitted back and elbow-length sleeves, with double, scalloped sleeve ruffles. The bodice was once part of a gown probably made in the 1750s and then updated in the late 1770s when the robings were unpicked and reconfigured to meet and close at centre front. |
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| Credit line | Given by Messrs. Harrods |
| Object history | Talbot Hughes collection |
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| Accession number | T.891-1913 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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