Belt
Mrs Anderson
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Silk, boning, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
150 mm (Width); 800 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Lucknow
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602796.5
Summary
A woman's belt, part of an ensemble, made from canary yellow silk. The belt is gathered into pleats and is decorated with a canary silk ruffle centre front, otherwise undecorated. The belt is unlined, with four boning strips and fastens centre front with four brass hooks & eyes, intact. Handwritten on an inner boning strip cover, "Parkinson-Cumine", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Parkinson-Cumine.
Marks and inscriptions
Written on inner boning strip cover.: Handwritten on an inner boning strip cover, "Parkinson-Cumine", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.
Makers and roles
Mrs Anderson, dressmaker