Gown skirt
Category
Costume
Date
1742 - 1744
Materials
Silk, Taffeta
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1360460.2
Summary
Gown skirt - English Spitalfeilds silk gown. Pink / buff taffeta ground with sprig carried out by flushing weft, brocaded. Single comber repeat. 26 1/4 in long 19 in between selvedges - striped crimson and plain. Skirt, open down front brocaded with honeysuckle and Liliy of the Valley. 1742 - 1744 (circa)