Stomacher
1740-1760 (made)
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Woman’s stomacher of bleached linen, backed with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in satin, herringbone, stem, long and short stitches in a pattern of flowers against a back-stitched shell-pattern ground. The stomacher is in 3 pieces with false robings and 10 worked holes on each side for decorative lacing. All the edges are bound with narrow linen tape.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's stomacher of linen, 1740-60, British; embroidered with coloured silks, false robings |
| Physical description | Woman’s stomacher of bleached linen, backed with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in satin, herringbone, stem, long and short stitches in a pattern of flowers against a back-stitched shell-pattern ground. The stomacher is in 3 pieces with false robings and 10 worked holes on each side for decorative lacing. All the edges are bound with narrow linen tape. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.304-1911 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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