Dress petticoat
Category
Costume
Date
1770 - 1775
Materials
Silk, Linen, Metal, Satin
Measurements
74 cm (Width); 284 cm (Width); 90 cm (Length)
Place of origin
France
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348709.2
Summary
Dress petticoat - Part of a silk dress, wide stripes of cherry red rib and cream satin weave. Brocaded pattern of small scale meandering flower design in green and two shades of pink. Self-coloured selvedge. Bodice and sleeves lined with bleached linen. centre buttoned stomacher of same fabric with self covered buttons. Self fabric trimmings edged with matching silk and wire braid round front edges of robe and stomacher. cf. Janet Arnold 'Patterns of Fashion' p. 34, cf Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' p 35-36 (female) Wade Catalogue number E.17 "Petticoat of the same. 1755-75" Bought from Mrs Solomon for £10.0.0 (with dress)
Provenance
Mrs Solomon. £10.10.0. November 27 1913.
References
Bradfield, 1968: Nancy Bradfield, Costume in Detail, 1730-1930, Harrop, London, 1968, pp.35-38 Jane Ashleford, The Art of Dress. Clothes and Society 1500-1914, The National Trust, 1996, p. 144