Dress
Dress
1700-1899 (made)
1700-1899 (made)
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Embroidered in polychrome silks on red silk crepe in satin stitch, with seams worked in faggoting stitches. There is a narrow edging of satin stitch on the skirt, sleeves, and neck. The cuffs and hem have a border of conventional flower sprays. This is a one-piece under-dress of the usual Island type with wide sleeves and open neck and a flared skirt, composed of six widths of which the four side ones are rather narrower than the two central ones. The front and back of the dress are made of a continuous width of material which runs right from the bottom of the skirt to the top of the neck, and back to the bottom of the skirt again.
Object details
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Title | Dress |
Materials and techniques | silk embroidery on silk crepe |
Brief description | Dress, embroidered silk crepe, Greece (Trikeri, Magnesia), 1700s or 1800s. |
Physical description | Embroidered in polychrome silks on red silk crepe in satin stitch, with seams worked in faggoting stitches. There is a narrow edging of satin stitch on the skirt, sleeves, and neck. The cuffs and hem have a border of conventional flower sprays. This is a one-piece under-dress of the usual Island type with wide sleeves and open neck and a flared skirt, composed of six widths of which the four side ones are rather narrower than the two central ones. The front and back of the dress are made of a continuous width of material which runs right from the bottom of the skirt to the top of the neck, and back to the bottom of the skirt again. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day |
Object history | Registered File no. 9901/1926. Historical significance: "According to Hadjimichaeli (p. 14), dark red dresses with silk embroidery were worn by married women on feast days--bright red with gold embroidery were for brides and newly-married women"--Register. |
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Accession number | T.217-1929 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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