Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1815 - 1820
Materials
Figured muslin, embroidered silk net, self-covered buttons.
Measurements
1450 x 820 mm
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602748
Summary
A woman's dress made from white figured muslin. The sheer dress is woven with a design of leaves across the bodice front, skirt and full-length sleeves, with embroidered silk net insertion on the bodice decorated with a small flower motif. The bodice back is plain muslin and the dress fastens centre back with eight self-covered buttons, each with a matching flower motif in the centre, intact.