Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1899 - 1901
Materials
Cotton, Cotton/silk mix
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1366262.1
Summary
Dress consisting of bodice and skirt. Bodice pale pink cotton/silk mix, figured design of carnations and leaves. Low neckline, cape collar forming bolero effect. Waistline forms small point at centre front. Bodice trimmed with jabot flounce of machine embroidered net; matching flounces trim sleeves. 'Bolero' overlaid with tamboured net embroidered with sequins and beads in shades of pink, green and turquoise. Three-quarter length straight sleeves embroidered with sequins as bodice. Bodice fastens at centre front with hooks and eyes; eyelet holes for lacing. Inner waistband fastening with two large metal hooks and eyes; eighteen bones. Lined with pink cotton.