Girl's bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1840 - 1850
Materials
Silk brocade, cotton, boned, hooks & eyes, piping.
Measurements
350 x 300 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603098
Summary
A girl's bodice made from mid-blue silk brocade. The lone bodice has long sleeves with a split cuff and a single hook and eye fastening, with a piped, V-shaped neckline. It is trimmed with two V-shaped silk brocade ruffles from waist to shoulder, with a matching ruffle on the upper arm. The lower hem is shaped and trimmed with a silk brocade frill and there is a rosette on the waist centre back. The bodice is fully lined in white cotton, has four boning strips and fastens centre back with ten hooks and eyes, intact.