Camiknickers
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Cotton lawn, broderie anglaise, metal.
Measurements
1090 x 620 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602944
Summary
A woman's pair of bifurcated camiknickers (camisole and drawers combined into one garment). made from white cotton lawn. The camiknickers are decorated with broderie anglaise on the capped sleeves, bib and around the hem of each leg, with ribbon insertion around the waist and knee cuffs (ribbons missing) and are otherwise undecorated. Internally, the camiknickers are unlined and fasten with two fabric-covered metal buttons on the bodice, centre front, one missing.
Provenance
Gift of Miss G.Abernethy.
Marks and inscriptions
Inner bodice seam, centre front, left.: Handwritten inside an inner bodice seam in black ink, "G. Abernethy". See associated photograph for further details.