Dress

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Child's dress of embroidered silk in long buttonhole stitch. Worked in orange-terracotta, blue and white on a purple ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered silk
Brief description
Child's dress of embroidered silk, West India, 19th century
Physical description
Child's dress of embroidered silk in long buttonhole stitch. Worked in orange-terracotta, blue and white on a purple ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 21.5in
  • Width: 23in
Credit line
Given by Mrs H. B. Gordon
Bibliographic reference
Indian embroidery / Rosemary Crill ; photography by Richard Davis. London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.) p. 21, cat. no 108, ill. p. 109
Collection
Accession number
IS.55-1962

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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