Fancy Dress
1770s (weaving), 1770s (sewing), 1870 - 1895 (reconstructed)
Not currently on display at the V&A
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A woman's fancy dress of white silk tobine with vertical stripes and floral trails in shades of green, and salmon-pink. It is made from the bodice of a 1770s gown, sewn to its matching petticoat of the 1770s. The bodice is in the English (tight-back) style with elbow-length sleeves. The bodice and sleeves are lined with unbleached linen. The bodice meets at centre front with a 'false stomacher' with three buttoned tabs edged with a green and white silk fringe with pink, green and white floss knots. The skirt is flat-pleated to the bodice. The skirt is made of the petticoat, with the back opening at centre front, aligned with the bodice fronts. The hem of the petticoat/skirt is faced with a deep band of white silk taffeta. Above the hem is a deep flounce of silk, box-pleated and edged with the silk fringe. The skirt front has hooks and eyes, the bodice fronts hooks and thread bars.
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| Materials and Techniques | Silk, linen, silk thread, linen thread, cotton thread, metal; hand-woven tobine, hand-sewn |
| Brief Description | A woman's fancy dress, 1870-95, English; White silk tobine with vertical stripes and floral trails, 1770s, Spitalfields |
| Physical Description | A woman's fancy dress of white silk tobine with vertical stripes and floral trails in shades of green, and salmon-pink. It is made from the bodice of a 1770s gown, sewn to its matching petticoat of the 1770s. The bodice is in the English (tight-back) style with elbow-length sleeves. The bodice and sleeves are lined with unbleached linen. The bodice meets at centre front with a 'false stomacher' with three buttoned tabs edged with a green and white silk fringe with pink, green and white floss knots. The skirt is flat-pleated to the bodice. The skirt is made of the petticoat, with the back opening at centre front, aligned with the bodice fronts. The hem of the petticoat/skirt is faced with a deep band of white silk taffeta. Above the hem is a deep flounce of silk, box-pleated and edged with the silk fringe. The skirt front has hooks and eyes, the bodice fronts hooks and thread bars. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Accession Number | 751-1898 |
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| record created | June 24, 2009 |
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