dress


dress

Summary

Brown corded silk. Trimmed with piping. Bodice lined with brown twilled cotton, skirt with white glazed cotton. Fronts fastening under silk, jet and gilt beaded buttons to high round neck. Long sleeves. Short oversleeves. Sleeves trimmed with buttons like fronts. Skirt closely gathered centre back. Separate waistband fastening on left front. Woollen braid hem. Clips and rings for looping up skirt inside seams, cord missing. Pocket on right.


Object Name

dress

Date Created

1861-1863

Dimensions

Length: 144.8cm
Shoulder to waist: 39.4cm
Hem: 480.1cm
Waist: 71.1cm

accession number

1947.2419

Medium

Legal

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