Sleeve (costume)
Category
Costume
Date
1860
Materials
Cotton lawn, broderie anglaise embroidery, mother-of-pearl button.
Measurements
440 x 250 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602732.2
Summary
A woman's sleeve from a pair of sleeves, made from white cotton lawn. The sleeve is decorated with broderie anglaise embroidery on the cuff and sleeve front and is otherwise undecorated. Internally, the sleeve is unlined and fastens with a single mother-of-pearl button on the cuff, intact. Handwritten on the outside face of the sleeve, upper hem, "A Brown".
Provenance
Gift of Miss A Brown.
Marks and inscriptions
Upper sleeve, hem, outer.: Handwritten on the outside face of the sleeve, upper hem, "A Brown". See associated photograph for further information.