Afternoon dress
Category
Costume
Date
1910 - 1915
Materials
Cotton, lace and metal
Measurements
1300 x 660 mm
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603835
Summary
Woman’s dress. Cream cotton gauze dress with three-quarter length sleeves and boat neckline. Gauze is decorated with lines of blue and black cotton embroidery. Trimmed and inset with bands of cream cotton lace. The edges of the lace are run through with the blue and black embroidery thread and the dress is further trimmed down CF with cream cotton crocheted balls. Opens CB, fastening with metal hooks and embroidered eyes through the bodice and waist area and metal press-stud fastenings in the skirt. Unlined.