Dress
ca. 1830 (made), 1770s (made)
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Dress of brocaded yellow 1770s silk and two tight fitting bodices. With floral motifs at intervals in green, red, pink, yellow, cream and black.
The dress has a low round neckline trimmed with lace and with long sleeves tightly fitting at the wrists and gathered at the shoulder. The back of the skirt has been pleated into the waistline but the front remains detached, there being a satin drawstring through the upper edge of the skirt, presumably to adjust to the waistline.
The front of the bodice is slightly gathered at the waistline. The bodice is lined with stout white cotton, and the hemline is piped with matching silk and padded with fine cream silk. Small shaped stomacher to match, slightly boned down the front and laced with a pink silk ribbon. The top is scooped out and trimmed with a fluted band of the same material as the dress. Lined with white cotton.
The dress has a low round neckline trimmed with lace and with long sleeves tightly fitting at the wrists and gathered at the shoulder. The back of the skirt has been pleated into the waistline but the front remains detached, there being a satin drawstring through the upper edge of the skirt, presumably to adjust to the waistline.
The front of the bodice is slightly gathered at the waistline. The bodice is lined with stout white cotton, and the hemline is piped with matching silk and padded with fine cream silk. Small shaped stomacher to match, slightly boned down the front and laced with a pink silk ribbon. The top is scooped out and trimmed with a fluted band of the same material as the dress. Lined with white cotton.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk, lace, lined with cotton, boned, silk ribbon |
| Brief description | Dress of brocaded 1770s silk and bodices, England, ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | Dress of brocaded yellow 1770s silk and two tight fitting bodices. With floral motifs at intervals in green, red, pink, yellow, cream and black. The dress has a low round neckline trimmed with lace and with long sleeves tightly fitting at the wrists and gathered at the shoulder. The back of the skirt has been pleated into the waistline but the front remains detached, there being a satin drawstring through the upper edge of the skirt, presumably to adjust to the waistline. The front of the bodice is slightly gathered at the waistline. The bodice is lined with stout white cotton, and the hemline is piped with matching silk and padded with fine cream silk. Small shaped stomacher to match, slightly boned down the front and laced with a pink silk ribbon. The top is scooped out and trimmed with a fluted band of the same material as the dress. Lined with white cotton. |
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| Credit line | Given by C. H. Hartmann, Esq. |
| Production | Probably Spitalfields silk. |
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| Accession number | T.25 to B-1955 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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