Girl's dress bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1910 - 1915
Materials
Silk, cotton lace, smocking, cotton twill, hooks, elastic cord.
Measurements
460 x 380 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603277.2
Summary
A girl's overblouse, part of an ensemble, made from cream silk. The long-sleeved blouse is trimmed on the turned, elasticated cuffs with white cotton lace insertion and edging. The neckline is made from two cream silk ruffles with lace insertion, with the yoke and bib smocked in cream thread and with matching lace insertion. It is unlined, with an integral belt made from cream cotton twill which fastens centre back and fourteen hooks centre back for fastening, intact.
Provenance
Gift of Parkinson-Cumine