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1905 (made)
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Dress consisting of a coat, bodice and skirt. It is made of natural linen trimmed with gilt embroidery, gilt ribbon, pink silk, machine-made lace, crochet and pseudo 18th century buttons.
Coat mid-calf length and with a Princess line, panelled to fit. It has a collar-yoke of cream wool with silver-silk embroidery, faced with grey satin. The full elbow length sleeves are of cream net with cuff of linen with application of silk ribbon, grey satin and insertion of crochet. The coat is panelled with cream net to which silk ribbon is attached in a key pattern design. There are crochet motifs inserted at the centre back and sides. It fastens with loops and buttons en suite with those on the bodice.
Bodice of cream linen, waist length and front fastening. It has lapels of cream cloth embroidered in gilt and silver, and leg-of-mutton sleeves with the tops and forearms of lace. There is a cummerbund of draped pink silk and similar trimming at the elbow. There is a high necked vest insertion of lace. The buttons are gilt with a glass covered painting of ladies' heads in 1780s style trim bodice at the waist and bosom. The bodice fastens with hooks and eyes. Lined with white silk and boned. The lining also fastens with hooks and eyes. There is a waist-band to which a label is attached.
Skirt with a straight panelled front with numerous shaping tucks at the hip and is slightly flared and trained at the back. It is trimmed with panels of square mesh net to which silk ribbon is applied in a Greek key pattern design, and with cream crochet applications. It has a petticoat lining of cream taffeta with a machine pleated frill attached at the waist. It fastens at the back with patent skirt hooks and loops, those at the waist attach to the bodice.
Coat mid-calf length and with a Princess line, panelled to fit. It has a collar-yoke of cream wool with silver-silk embroidery, faced with grey satin. The full elbow length sleeves are of cream net with cuff of linen with application of silk ribbon, grey satin and insertion of crochet. The coat is panelled with cream net to which silk ribbon is attached in a key pattern design. There are crochet motifs inserted at the centre back and sides. It fastens with loops and buttons en suite with those on the bodice.
Bodice of cream linen, waist length and front fastening. It has lapels of cream cloth embroidered in gilt and silver, and leg-of-mutton sleeves with the tops and forearms of lace. There is a cummerbund of draped pink silk and similar trimming at the elbow. There is a high necked vest insertion of lace. The buttons are gilt with a glass covered painting of ladies' heads in 1780s style trim bodice at the waist and bosom. The bodice fastens with hooks and eyes. Lined with white silk and boned. The lining also fastens with hooks and eyes. There is a waist-band to which a label is attached.
Skirt with a straight panelled front with numerous shaping tucks at the hip and is slightly flared and trained at the back. It is trimmed with panels of square mesh net to which silk ribbon is applied in a Greek key pattern design, and with cream crochet applications. It has a petticoat lining of cream taffeta with a machine pleated frill attached at the waist. It fastens at the back with patent skirt hooks and loops, those at the waist attach to the bodice.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen with gilt and silver threads, machine-made lace, wool, net, boned, lined with silk and taffeta, faced with satin |
| Brief description | Dress consisting of a coat, bodice and skirt of embroidered linen, Caney, New York, 1905 |
| Physical description | Dress consisting of a coat, bodice and skirt. It is made of natural linen trimmed with gilt embroidery, gilt ribbon, pink silk, machine-made lace, crochet and pseudo 18th century buttons. Coat mid-calf length and with a Princess line, panelled to fit. It has a collar-yoke of cream wool with silver-silk embroidery, faced with grey satin. The full elbow length sleeves are of cream net with cuff of linen with application of silk ribbon, grey satin and insertion of crochet. The coat is panelled with cream net to which silk ribbon is attached in a key pattern design. There are crochet motifs inserted at the centre back and sides. It fastens with loops and buttons en suite with those on the bodice. Bodice of cream linen, waist length and front fastening. It has lapels of cream cloth embroidered in gilt and silver, and leg-of-mutton sleeves with the tops and forearms of lace. There is a cummerbund of draped pink silk and similar trimming at the elbow. There is a high necked vest insertion of lace. The buttons are gilt with a glass covered painting of ladies' heads in 1780s style trim bodice at the waist and bosom. The bodice fastens with hooks and eyes. Lined with white silk and boned. The lining also fastens with hooks and eyes. There is a waist-band to which a label is attached. Skirt with a straight panelled front with numerous shaping tucks at the hip and is slightly flared and trained at the back. It is trimmed with panels of square mesh net to which silk ribbon is applied in a Greek key pattern design, and with cream crochet applications. It has a petticoat lining of cream taffeta with a machine pleated frill attached at the waist. It fastens at the back with patent skirt hooks and loops, those at the waist attach to the bodice. |
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| Credit line | Given by Major and Mrs Broughton |
| Object history | This walking dress was owned by Cara Broughton, née Cara Leland Huttleston Rogers (1867-1939), who married Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929) in 1895. As Urban H. Broughton died before he could be elevated to a peerage, their eldest son Urban H.R. Broughton (1896-1966) became 1st Baron Fairhaven of Lode on 20 March 1929, while Cara became 1st Lady Fairhaven. This barony became extinct on Urban H.R.Broughton's death, but a later barony, Baron Fairhaven of Anglesey Abbey, co. Cambridge, was granted to him in 1961, with a remainder to his brother, Henry (1900-1973), to enable this title to continue after his death without male heirs. This forms part of a large donation of late 19th and early 20th century garments and accessories (with a few historical textiles) donated to the Museum in 1972 by Cara's grandson and Henry's son, Major Ailwyn Broughton and his wife, a year before Ailwyn became Lord Fairhaven following his father's death. Some of the nineteenth century garments are thought to have been worn by Cara's sister, Anne (1865-1924). |
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| Accession number | T.274 to B-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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