Stomacher
1710-1730 (made)
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Woman’s stomacher of ivory silk sarsenet, backed with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in satin, long and short stitches and couched with silver-gilt filé and silver purl in a pattern of large flowers, including carnation and rose, against a vermicelli ground. It is triangular, with a shaped point and 3 short, narrow skirts on each side. All edges are trimmed with a narrow woven green silk lace (braid), except the top, edged with a narrow silver-gilt woven lace (braid). There are 5 short loops of ivory silk grosgrain ribbon on each side for fastening. The loops on the left side also have small thread bars.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, silver, gold; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's stomacher of ivory silk sarsenet, 1710-30, British; embroidered with coloured silks and silver-gilt thread |
| Physical description | Woman’s stomacher of ivory silk sarsenet, backed with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silk twist in satin, long and short stitches and couched with silver-gilt filé and silver purl in a pattern of large flowers, including carnation and rose, against a vermicelli ground. It is triangular, with a shaped point and 3 short, narrow skirts on each side. All edges are trimmed with a narrow woven green silk lace (braid), except the top, edged with a narrow silver-gilt woven lace (braid). There are 5 short loops of ivory silk grosgrain ribbon on each side for fastening. The loops on the left side also have small thread bars. |
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| Accession number | 291-1906 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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