Bodice
1700-1749 (made)
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Bodice for dressing a statue, pieced from another garment, made of yellow figured silk, with shallow yellow satin skirts and lined with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silks in split chain, satin, and cross stitches in a design of a flower basket and large flowers. The embroidery from another garment, in coloured silks and silver filé and purl, has been applied to the front. The bodice is open at the back, with 11 worked eyelets on each edge.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, silver; hand-woven, hand-sewn, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | Bodice for a statue, 1700-1749, Spanish; Andalusia, yellow figured silk embroidered and applied |
| Physical description | Bodice for dressing a statue, pieced from another garment, made of yellow figured silk, with shallow yellow satin skirts and lined with coarse linen. It is embroidered with coloured silks in split chain, satin, and cross stitches in a design of a flower basket and large flowers. The embroidery from another garment, in coloured silks and silver filé and purl, has been applied to the front. The bodice is open at the back, with 11 worked eyelets on each edge. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss A. Sutherland Mackay |
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| Accession number | T.184-1927 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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