Evening dress bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1855 - 1865
Materials
Silk taffeta, cotton lace, glazed cotton, velvet ribbon, boning, silk lacing cord, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
410 x 700 mm
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602832.2
Summary
A woman's bodice, part of an evening dress, made from lavender silk taffeta which has faded in areas to pale grey. The bodice is decorated on the neckline and puffed sleeve ends in white cotton lace with black velvet ribbon insertion, with matching taffeta ruffles on the neckline, sleeves and bodice front, with a large matching bow centre front. The bodice is fully lined in cream calico, with seven boning strips on the bodice front, sides and back, intact. It fastens with lacing centre back, with the original grey silk lacing cord intact, along with two hooks and eyes. To go with 602832.1 (matching unpicked skirt).