Stomacher
1720-1740 (made), 1730-1750 (made)
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Non-matching robing and stomacher for a woman’s gown or sack. The robing is made of cream silk satin lined with pale blue silk sarsenet. It is embroidered with coloured silks, couched with silver-gilt filé and edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace. The stomacher is made of ivory silk taffeta embroidered with coloured silk floss over thick padding, couched with silver filé, frizé and strip and edged with silver bobbin lace.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, gold; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, bobbin lace |
| Brief description | Non-matching stomacher and robings for a woman's gown, French 1750; silk embroidered with coloured silks, metal thread, metal lace |
| Physical description | Non-matching robing and stomacher for a woman’s gown or sack. The robing is made of cream silk satin lined with pale blue silk sarsenet. It is embroidered with coloured silks, couched with silver-gilt filé and edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace. The stomacher is made of ivory silk taffeta embroidered with coloured silk floss over thick padding, couched with silver filé, frizé and strip and edged with silver bobbin lace. |
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| Accession number | 23-1899 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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