cabinet photograph
Summary
1/2 length portrait of a woman wearing evening attire. Plain studio backdrop. The woman has wavy hair pinned up with a decorative hair piece and a soft wavy fringe. She is wearing a dark satin evening dress with a floral black velvet pattern and metal thread embroidery and beads around the neckline. She has elbow length sleeves in a lattice effect made up with cords of black velvet,left loose at the end like tassels, this is repeated round the neck line. Worn with long silk gloves, a bracelet and a short necklace with a silver locket.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880-1890
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.765
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Medium
