dress
Summary
Blue/green shot silk taffeta, blue/green warp, white weft. Bodice and sleeves lined with white cotton, skirt with white and mauve printed striped cotton. Fullness draped in diagonal folds. Lining fastening centre front, right front slightly overlapping left with decorative buttons. Long pagoda sleeves with pleating, trimmed with green/cream silk braid and two decorative V's with buttons at ends. Full skirt closely gathered onto bodice.
Object Name
dress
Date Created
1850
Dimensions
Length (max): 149.9cm
Neck to waist: 39.4cm
Hem: 350.5cm
accession number
1937.617
Collection Group
Place of creation
United Kingdom
Medium
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