dress & pelerine
Summary
Pinkish fawn silk. Bodice lined with white cotton. Rounded neckline. CB fastening with drawstring at neck, hooks and eyes below. Long sleeves beneath short puffed oversleeves, trimmed with three piped arrowhead shaped pieces linked to shouder by three bands and trimmed with four silk knots on each. Skirt, which had been unpicked from bodice, trimmed towards hem. Pelerine : Lined with white silk. Rounded corners. Round neck fastening with hook and eye under bow. Edge trimmed with two piped bias bands each headed with double piping.
Object Name
dress & pelerine
Date Created
1823-1827
Dimensions
Length: 132.1cm
Pelerine: 27.9cm x 63.5cm
Shoulder to waist: 33cm
Hem: 223.5cm
Waist: 55.9cm
accession number
1955.311
Collection Group
Medium
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