Jacket
Horrockses
Category
Costume
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Silk taffeta, cotton lace, fringing, velvet ribbon, silk satin, piping, glazed cotton, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
480 x 900 mm
Place of origin
Preston
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602615.5
Summary
A woman's jacket, part of a suit, made from lavender chine silk taffeta. The long-sleeved jacket is decorated with interlocking rings in an abstract pattern, with cream cotton lace with black velvet ribbon insertion on the neckline and cuffs and cream silk satin piping on the front facings, bodice yoke and cuffs. The yoke is further decorated with lavender fringed silk braid and six self-covered buttons centre front. Internally, the jacket is fully lined in white glazed cotton, with eight boning strips and an internal cotton tape waist tie. There are five small cotton-covered buttons on the inner waistband to secure the jacket to the skirt. The jacket fastens with seven hooks and eyes centre front, intact. Handwritten on the inner waistband centre back the words "Boyd, Dublin", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Heather Boyd, Dublin.
Marks and inscriptions
Inner waistband, centre back.: Handwritten on the inner waistband centre back the words "Boyd, Dublin", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.
Makers and roles
Horrockses , maker