Smock
1600-1650 (made)
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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
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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 |
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Accession number | 1080-1901 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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