Dress piece
Category
Costume
Date
1740
Materials
Glazed linen, Silk, Silk cord
Measurements
425 mm (Length)370 mm (W)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1362571
Summary
Piece; Dress or bodice piece - Acid yellow silk stomacher, brocaded in multicoloured floral design and white secondary design with applied ruched strip in similar fabric in serpentine design edged either side in yellow and white silk cording, the white silk having worn away at the base and top corners of the stomacher by constant contact with another fabric. The stomacher is backed with glazed linen. 1740 (circa)
Provenance
originally loan later donated.