Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1919
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349380
Summary
Dress made from cream machine needlepoint lace, cream silk damask with cream silk chiffon undersleeves and bodice. It is lined with cream silk satin from above bust level. It is trimmed with crocheted balls in cream silk along the hem of the dress and sleeves. There are 3 silk double cords across each shoulder with a ball at each end. Worn by Constance Brown of Oswestry. Cf Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' pg. 351 (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade