Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1795
Materials
Cotton
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349109
Summary
Dress - Late 18th century (c.1795) dress of plain white muslin. Lining - Unlined, waistband mounted onto stong white cotton tape. Cut - Very high waist. Back fastened. Wide square neckline at front, curved at back with 4 drawstrings. Bodice gathered at neck and waist, with 2 seams underarm. Full length skirt falling smoothly at front, gathered at back. Double ruffle at hem, possibly a pocket slit in right hand seam. Long sleeves, gathered at head, drawstring and frill at wrist outside of sleeve smocked with 2 rows of stitching, once above the wrist and again below the shoulder, echoing the line of the waist. Fastenings - 4 drawstrings at neck to tie at centre-back; drawstrings at wrist. Button at centre-back waist of linen-covered metal ring. Label - ELIZABETH DAVIS 1.2 1795' stamped inside waist. The dress is beautifully stitched. See Cross Reference in Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' p91-2. (female) Wade Reference number G.8 'Dress white muslin simple gathered front long sleeves. Marked Elizabeth Davis 1795' Bought from Mrs Solomon for £1.0.0
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade