Girl's dress
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Silk, cotton lawn.
Measurements
900 x 950 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603164
Summary
A girl's dress made from pink and white striped silk. The dress has long sleeves "leg of mutton" style, with a horizontally striped bib, a high gathered waist and a vertically striped skirt. It is fully lined in white cotton lawn, with a concealed pocket on the right hand side and four buttons for fastening centre back, all missing.
Provenance
Gift of Parkinson-Cumine
Marks and inscriptions
Inner waistband hem, centre front.: A handwritten label stitched to an inner seam reads, "Parkinson-Cumine", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.