Dress
ca. 1893 (made)
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Dress with train, purple ribbed silk trimmed with velvet of a similar tint, embroidered net, and machine-made lace, bows of narrow pink satin ribbon, and applied embroidery in metal thread and purple glass beads.
The bodice is close-fitting, slightly pointed in front, with small tails at the back, and it fastens at the front; it has an upright collar, V-shaped stomacher, raised epaulettes, sleeves puffed to the elbow and tight beyond to the wrists, with dentated cuffs.
The skirt is pleated in front with a long plush insertion widening to the bottom edge on the left side; the spreading train is plain and rounded.
The bodice is close-fitting, slightly pointed in front, with small tails at the back, and it fastens at the front; it has an upright collar, V-shaped stomacher, raised epaulettes, sleeves puffed to the elbow and tight beyond to the wrists, with dentated cuffs.
The skirt is pleated in front with a long plush insertion widening to the bottom edge on the left side; the spreading train is plain and rounded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | silk, velvet, applied machine-lace, glass beads and metal embroidery, satin ribbons |
| Brief description | Dress, bodice and skirt, purple ribbed silk, France or England, ca.1893 |
| Physical description | Dress with train, purple ribbed silk trimmed with velvet of a similar tint, embroidered net, and machine-made lace, bows of narrow pink satin ribbon, and applied embroidery in metal thread and purple glass beads. The bodice is close-fitting, slightly pointed in front, with small tails at the back, and it fastens at the front; it has an upright collar, V-shaped stomacher, raised epaulettes, sleeves puffed to the elbow and tight beyond to the wrists, with dentated cuffs. The skirt is pleated in front with a long plush insertion widening to the bottom edge on the left side; the spreading train is plain and rounded. |
| Credit line | Given by the family of Major and Mrs. W. Mackay Mackenzie |
| Object history | Displayed in the costume court at the V&A, 1962-1979 |
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| Accession number | T.207&A-1915 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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