Camiknickers
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Cotton cambric, tatted cotton lace, mother-of-pearl.
Measurements
1160 x 450 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602951
Summary
A woman's pair of bifurcated camiknickers (camisole and drawers combined into one garment). made from white cotton cambric. The camiknickers are decorated with tatted cotton lace, faggotting stitch and pintucking on the shoulder straps, neckline, bib and around the hem of each leg and are otherwise undecorated. Internally, the camiknickers are unlined and fasten with five mother-of-pearl buttons on the bodice, centre front, intact. Handwritten on the bodice, centre front, is "M.J.Lawson".
Provenance
Gift of Lawson.
Marks and inscriptions
Bodice, centre front.: Handwritten on the outer surface of the bodice in black pen, "M.J.Lawson". See associated photograph for further details.