Stomacher
1740-1760 (made)
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Woman’s stomacher of ivory silk taffeta, lined with cotton block-printed with black in a pattern of flowers. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in satin, long and short stitches and couched with silver filé and strip. The stomacher is triangular with a shaped point with 3 narrow, short skirts on each side. There is decorative lacing across the embroidery and 3 short loops of yellow silk grosgrain ribbon on each side for fastening.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, cotton; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, block-printed, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's stomacher of cream silk taffeta, 1740-60, British; embroidered with coloured silks and silver threads |
| Physical description | Woman’s stomacher of ivory silk taffeta, lined with cotton block-printed with black in a pattern of flowers. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in satin, long and short stitches and couched with silver filé and strip. The stomacher is triangular with a shaped point with 3 narrow, short skirts on each side. There is decorative lacing across the embroidery and 3 short loops of yellow silk grosgrain ribbon on each side for fastening. |
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| Accession number | T.240-1928 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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