Sleeve (costume)
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Silk net, needle-run silk embroidery, silk ribbon, silk chiffon.
Measurements
360 x 160 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603116.1
Summary
A woman's sleeve from a pair of sleeves, made from cream silk net. The sleeve is decorated with needle-run cream silk thread embroidery to create a lace, with cream silk ribbon insertion the full length of the sleeve on the outer edge and creating a pleated cream silk cuff. Internally, the sleeve is lined with cream silk chiffon and has no fastenings.