Afternoon dress
Category
Costume
Date
1905 - 1910
Materials
Silk, silk chiffon, cotton lace and metal
Measurements
1480 x 900 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603304
Summary
Woman’s dress. Cream silk faille afternoon dress with elbow-length sleeves trimmed with six self-covered buttons down each sleeve. French knot embroidery and Russian braid with two silk tassels at CF bodice. Cream cotton chemical lace false chemisette with high neck and long inner sleeves attached to lining. High neck with six plastic stiffening strips. Opens CB, chemisette fastens with seven metal hooks and eyes, bodice fastens with twelve metal hooks and eyes and skirt fastens to the proper left with nine metal hooks and eyes. Dress lined with cream weighted silk, false chemisette lined with cream silk chiffon.
Provenance
Gift of Marshall Durgaurcrow