Bedgown
1690-1720 (embroidered), 1720-1750 (altered)
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Woman’s bedgown, pieced from another textile, probably a bedcover of fine bleached linen, embroidered in backstitch with yellow silk floss in a pattern of feathers against a ground of scrolling tendrils. The bedgown is lined with coarse bleached linen. The back is mainly one piece, extending over the shoulders, with a small rectangular collar. The sleeves are rectangles, with rectangular cuffs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's bedgown, 1720-50; British; made from furnishing, linen embroidered with yellow silk, 1690-1720 |
| Physical description | Woman’s bedgown, pieced from another textile, probably a bedcover of fine bleached linen, embroidered in backstitch with yellow silk floss in a pattern of feathers against a ground of scrolling tendrils. The bedgown is lined with coarse bleached linen. The back is mainly one piece, extending over the shoulders, with a small rectangular collar. The sleeves are rectangles, with rectangular cuffs. |
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| Accession number | 517-1877 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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