Lady's dress
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Metal, Textile
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 291464
Summary
A silver cloth dress with bands of gold cloth applied. Gathered at neckline and waist over a tailored and boned base. Gold braid is sewn in undulating pattern around the neck and on band of gold cloth. Similar gold band on the sleeves, which open to a deep Elizabethan type sleeve end. The skirt has similar gold bands and braid and is composed of a double layer of cloth. There is a gold cloth waistband with tasselled fringe.