Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1770
Materials
Linen, Silk
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363751
Summary
Dress - Sack-backed gown of Chinese silk painted with flower posies, birds and butterflies on natural ground. Square neckline, closed bodice lined with linen , open skirt and full sack back. Later addition (1770's) of box pleated robings (including across bodice front to give effect of stomacher) and falling fan cuffs, also cord loops to skirt for drawing up into polonaise, shape fashionable 1770's. 1770 (circa)
Provenance
Donor - Stainton, Sheila (Miss). Former National Trust Housekeeper. Retired. Dress handed down through family.