Not on display

Smock

1600-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman’s smock of bleached linen with a square high neck and full sleeves. The front, back and sleeves are rectangular with triangular gores in each side seam and square gussets under the arms. There are ¾-inch (1.8 cm) wide cuffs and a ¾-inch (1.8 cm) border around the neck, all embroidered with whitework and drawn-thread work in linen thread. The sleeves are embroidered in whitework with a horizontal panel of cutwork and 2 of drawn and pulled thread work. The cuffs and neck are edged with a 1-½ inch (3.7 cm) border of needle lace. The cuffs fasten with a loop of thread; the buttons are later replacements

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, needle lace
Brief description
Woman's linen smock, 1600-50, Italian; cutwork and drawn-thread work
Physical description
Woman’s smock of bleached linen with a square high neck and full sleeves. The front, back and sleeves are rectangular with triangular gores in each side seam and square gussets under the arms. There are ¾-inch (1.8 cm) wide cuffs and a ¾-inch (1.8 cm) border around the neck, all embroidered with whitework and drawn-thread work in linen thread. The sleeves are embroidered in whitework with a horizontal panel of cutwork and 2 of drawn and pulled thread work. The cuffs and neck are edged with a 1-½ inch (3.7 cm) border of needle lace. The cuffs fasten with a loop of thread; the buttons are later replacements
Dimensions
  • Overall length: 103.0cm (approx)
  • Overall width: 159.0cm (approx)
Collection
Accession number
1080-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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