Dress skirt
Category
Costume
Date
1880
Materials
Ostrich feather, Silk, Tarlatan
Measurements
1570 mm (Length)960 mm (Length)570 mm (W)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1364334.2
Summary
Part of a two piece dress; Skirt - Very pale lavender blue corded silk, trimmed with pale blue ostrich feathers. Skirt smooth at front, heavily gathered at back waist. Deep train at back. Lined tarlatan. Pleated edging 85 mm deep at hem. Skirt and parts of overdress are hand-stitched. 1880 (circa)
Provenance
belonged to the late Mrs Rosemary Powne, nee Farmer (a North Country family)