Plastron
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Chemical lace, cotton lace, silk chiffon.
Measurements
560 x 260 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603912
Summary
A woman's plastron, made from white chemical lace. The chemical lace ground is in a floral pattern and is decorated with white machine-made cotton lace which creates a scalloped border on all sides and a decorative v-shape in the centre of the bib, in twelve horizontal layers. Internally, the bib is partially lined in ecru silk chiffon, which creates a contrasting ecru inner neckline and as a contrasting layer behind the horizontal lace insert centre front. The plastron has no fastenings as it has one continuous neckline.