Bodice front
Mme Pell
Category
Costume
Date
1890
Materials
Cotton, Satin, Silk
Measurements
560 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Elizabeth Street
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298677.3
Summary
A bodice front, part of a set comprising a day bodice, skirt, fragment, medal and underarm protectors; made circa 1890. Made from black silk warp, black cotton, green and yellow silk weft. Design of repeat drop paired flowers posies on a striped and moired ground. Trimmed with pale pink satin weave as revers. Made by Mme Pell of Modes and Robes, 85 Elizabeth Street, London.
Makers and roles
Mme Pell, dressmaker