Pelisse
Category
Costume
Date
1825 - 1830
Materials
Silk, cotton, wool, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
1420 x 1170 mm
Place of origin
Ireland
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602781
Summary
A woman's pelisse, made from olive green silk. The collarless pelisse is decorated on the bodice, front facings and cuffs with strapwork in a lattice design and is otherwise undecorated. The bodice back is made from contrasting brown silk. It is fully lined in pink silk, which is quilted with a cotton lint interlining, and fastens with nine hooks and eyes centre front, intact. Handwritten on the inner waistband in red ink, "Cooke", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Cooke, Cawflo, Londonderry.
Marks and inscriptions
Inner waistband, centre back.: Handwritten on the inner waistband in red ink, "Cooke", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.