Bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1816
Materials
velvet, lace, silk & paper
Measurements
200 x 355 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 291720
Summary
B729 A narrow embroidered bodice in cream silk, circa 1816. Thin straps and a square front fastening together with a blue ribbon laced through holes. Back and front embroidered in silk thread. Bodice is edged all round with a sewn velvet border of small lozenge shapes. A note sewn inside to the cream silk lining, reads, 'Ball dress of Mary Theresa Mosley (Stables)-1816'.
Marks and inscriptions
Ball dress of Mary Theresa Mosley (Stables)-1816 (a note sewn in the lining)