Dress beadwork
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile and bead
Measurements
157 mm (Length); 675 mm (W)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 31776
Summary
Embellishment for a dress made from a stiff backing fabric embroidered with a variety of different beads in silver/gun metal. Curved symmetrical design from which hang thirty-four long strands of thread, threaded with tubular beads of different lengths. Some strands incomplete.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.