dress


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

Place of creation

United Kingdom

Medium

Legal

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