Dress
Category
Textiles
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Silk satin, lace, taffeta, linen voile
Measurements
143 cm (l)60 cm (l)
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Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1430642
Summary
A black silk satin dress patterned with 'lily of the valley' sprigs; lace collar and fitted, boned bodice trimmed with black velvet and a silk fringe, the wide sleeves cut to reveal an inner line of ruched satin ribbon, the bodice lined with black taffeta, the full skirts lined with linen voile. Lining and hem torn; waist altered?
Provenance
? possibly worn by Dorothy Whitmore Jones