Sleeve (costume)
Category
Costume
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Cotton tarlatan, whitework embroidery, cotton lawn, mother-of-pearl buttons.
Measurements
340 x 230 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603677.2
Summary
A woman's sleeve from a pair of sleeves, made from white cotton tarlatan. The sleeve is woven in a design of squares and is decorated with whitework embroidery in a floral pattern, with a cotton lawn cuff with a scalloped edge. Internally, the sleeve is unlined and fastens with a single mother-of-pearl button on the cuff, intact.
Provenance
Gift of McDonald-Tyler (?)