Dress
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1910
Materials
Silk satin, silk ribbon, cotton and metal
Measurements
480 x 650 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602861
Summary
Woman’s bodice (part of dress). Long sleeved, brown silk satin bodice with pin-tucked detail at CF and CB of bodice and above both cuffs. Bodice and cuffs trimmed with silk embroidered ribbon. Bodice further trimmed with two decorative rows of small metal buttons. Fastens to the proper left side with metal hooks and stitched eyes. Cuffs each fasten with two decorative metal buttons and stitched eyelets. Lined with cream cotton with sateen stripe, the front of the lining forms an inner bodice fastening CF with metal hooks and eyes. Internal twill-weave waistband of dressed cotton(?) fastening CF with a metal hook and eye. (NB. No original skirt)