dress
Summary
Purple ribbed and black silk stripe, trimmed with black velvet. Two piece. Lined with brown glazed linen. Bodice with high round neck and turndown black velvet collar. Front fastening with buttons. Long sleeves. Applied tab at outer sleeve from wrist to point, decorated with buttons. Around wrist and shoulders decorated with strips of black velvet. Wrist trimmed with frill of cream net. Separate skirt with back forming slight train, pleated. Fastening of left.
Object Name
dress
Date Created
1872-1876
Dimensions
Length (front): 118cm
Length (back): 137.5cm
Shoulder to waist: 35cm
Hem: 251.5cm
Waist: 61cm
accession number
1940.539
Collection Group
Place of creation
United Kingdom
Medium
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