Plastron
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Cotton lawn, cotton lace, broderie anglaise embroidery, boning strips, hook & eye fastenings.
Measurements
450 x 340 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602723
Summary
A woman's plastron made from white cotton lawn. The cotton lawn ground is decorated on both collar and bib with broderie anglaise embroidery, with a white cotton lace frill creating a border. The collar has four integral boning strips and four hook and eye fastenings centre back on the neck, intact.
Provenance
Gift of Miss E.Workman