Overdress
Category
Costume
Date
1920 - 1960
Materials
Cotton lawn, cotton thread, sequins.
Measurements
1350 x 700 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1657889
Summary
A woman's full-length dress made from unbleached cotton lawn. The dress has long bell-shaped sleeves and fastens around the yolked neck with a cord and tassel, made from white cotton and gold thread. There is decorative open stitchwork on the seams proper right and left hand sides in cotton thread. The dress is extensively decorated with bands of embroidery in a Middle-Eastern style, worked in maroon cotton thread and with gold sequins.
Provenance
Object included in general transfer of low value objects on the settlement of the estate of Lady Mairi Bury, 2012