Cage crinoline
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Cotton, Steel, Wool
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350050
Summary
Cage crinoline - Made from red webbing and cotton tabby and 26 sprung steel hoops held in position with 9 strips of webbing. It is marked Thomson Prize Model Skirt.....'Royal Letters Patent' on waistband. Cf. Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' Pg. 202 (female) (foundation garments)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade