Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1875 - 1880
Materials
Silk taffeta brocade, cotton lace, silk velvet ribbon, glazed cotton, wool braid, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
1400 x 1800 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602611
Summary
A woman's dress, originally a separate jacket and skirt, made from maroon and black silk taffeta brocade. The dress is brocaded with a pattern of stylised loops and vertical stripes in black, with white cotton lace trim on the collar and black silk velvet ribbon trim on the front facings, peplum and sleeves from the elbow to the cuff. The dress is fully lined in white glazed cotton, with a black wool braid hem trim and ten hooks and eyes for fastening centre front on the bodice, intact.