Stomacher
1720-1740 (made)
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Woman's stomacher of bleached linen, backed with coarse linen. It is in 3 pieces, with 'false robings on each side, forming narrow, short skirts at the bottom. The stomacher is embroidered with coloured silks in satin, long and short stitches and couched with silver-gilt filé, in a pattern of large flowers over a ground of vermicelli pattern worked with pale yellow silk in back stitch. All the edges are bound with narrow linen tape.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk, silver; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's stomacher of linen, 1720-1740, British; embroidered with coloured silks and metal threads, false robings |
| Physical description | Woman's stomacher of bleached linen, backed with coarse linen. It is in 3 pieces, with 'false robings on each side, forming narrow, short skirts at the bottom. The stomacher is embroidered with coloured silks in satin, long and short stitches and couched with silver-gilt filé, in a pattern of large flowers over a ground of vermicelli pattern worked with pale yellow silk in back stitch. All the edges are bound with narrow linen tape. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs G. Atkinson and Mrs M. F. Davey |
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| Accession number | T.184-1960 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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