Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1750 - 1800
Materials
Cloth of gold with silk embroidery.
Measurements
1400 mm (L); 500 mm (W)
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180736.1
Summary
Dress - Remains of a 'Moor's Dress' (jama); cotton with applied gilt foil strips and with embroidered flower sprigs in red, yellow, lime-green and black. The original garment has been dismantled and made up into a full length sleeveless dress with low cut bodice with the lappets applied to form a panel at the front, fastened with a zip at the back. Original fabric Mughal, 18th century. Dress made between 1952-1954. See 'Treasures from India' catalogue pg.100.
Provenance
Made for the 5th Countess of Powis (d.1988) and presented by her to the National Trust in 1983. She is shown wearing this dress in the portrait by Marienteu in the Dining Room (No. 15 in picture catalogue). Purchased by the National Trust from the John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and Powis Estate Trustees in March 2001.