Bolero
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk and cord
Measurements
450 mm (Width); 360 mm (Length)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 39229
Summary
Cream bolero, back and lining in cream silk, now disintegrating. Y bones ensure shaping. Right front lining is finished with six handworked buttonholes for six cream buttons from left front. One black metal hook. Right front has five black metal hooks to match handworked loops on left side. Front right with three frogging centres in cord which continues around neckline.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.