Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1815 - 1820
Materials
Muslin, Wool
Measurements
1250 mm (Length)780 mm (W)780 mm (Length)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1360549
Summary
Dress- White muslin, bodice with high waist gathered at centre front and back. Pulled up around neck brie en coulisse bound with pale blue ribbon. Inner sleeve short and puffed, bound with light blue ribbon. Very long oversleeves worn scrunched up and gathered above wrist by four rows of blue ribbon in casing. Blue cord at wrist, frill over hand embroidered chain stitch flowers in blue wool. Tie around wrist with blue bow. Fastens at CB, skirt attached straight at front gathered at CB. Scalloped lower edge, embroidered in blue wool and trimmed with gathered circles of emberoidered muslin at the centre of each is a small blue pom pom.
Provenance
Orginally loan item transfered as gift August 1995.