Girl's dress
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Cotton lawn, cotton lace, broderie anglaise, whitework embroidery, mother-of-pearl buttons.
Measurements
580 x 720 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603169
Summary
A girl's dress made from white cotton lawn. The long-sleeved dress is trimmed on the cuffs with a band of broderie anglaise, feather stitch embroidery and cotton lace, with matching torchon lace on the neckline with a frilled collar trimmed with broderie anglaise. The bib is trimmed with feather stitch and broderie anglaise insertion and the skirt is extensively decorated with broderie anglaise. The dress is unlined and fastens centre back with three mother of pearl buttons, intact.
Provenance
Gift of L Newell.
Marks and inscriptions
Centre back, inner seam left.: A handwritten markings on a inner seam of the bodice reads, "L. Newell", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.