Evening bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1850
Materials
Silk taffeta, silk lace, calico, cotton tape, boning.
Measurements
460 x 560 mm
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602616.3
Summary
A woman's evening bodice, part of an evening dress, made from harvest gold silk taffeta. The bodice is decorated around the neckline and the puffed sleeves with white silk lace in a swag and leaf motif, with additional decorative gathering on the sleeves. It is fully lined in white calico, with seven boning strips (intact) and fastens centre back with lacings, original lacing missing.
Provenance
Gift of Lenox-Conyngham, Springhill