Sleeve (costume)
A. S. Cleland
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Grosgrain silk, cotton lace, cotton braid, cotton sateen.
Measurements
650 x 200 mm
Place of origin
Belfast
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602800.2.2
Summary
A woman's sleeve from a pair of sleeves (part of a dress) made from slate blue grosgrain silk. The full-length sleeve, which has been removed from the bodice historically, is decorated with a combination of black cotton lace on the turned cuff and black cotton braid and is otherwise undecorated. It is fully lined in beige floral cotton sateen. Handwritten in black ink on the inner shoulder lining, "Kertland 1896", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Kertland
Marks and inscriptions
Sleeve upper, inner lining.: Handwritten in black ink on the inner shoulder lining, "Kertland 1896", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.
Makers and roles
A. S. Cleland, dressmaker