Blouse
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Cotton lawn, cotton lace, broderie anglaise, cotton tape, mother-of-pearl buttons.
Measurements
530 x 400 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603704
Summary
A woman's blouse made from white cotton lawn. The blouse is decorated both front and back on the stand collar, bib and balloon sleeves with a combination of white broderie anglaise trim and cotton lace inserts, with pintucking around the fitted waistband and sleeveheads. Internally, the blouse is unlined and fastens with a cotton drawstring around the waist and three mother-of-pearl buttons centre back, intact.
Provenance
Gift of McDonald-Tyler (?)