Modesty vest
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Cotton lawn, satin-stitch whitework embroidery, tatted cotton lace.
Measurements
300 x 220 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603915
Summary
A woman's modesty vest, made from fine white cotton lawn. The lawn ground is decorated on the bib front with floral whitework embroidery in a satin stitch, tatted cotton lace on the neckline creating a scalloped edge and is otherwise undecorated. Internally, the vest is unlined and has no fastenings.