Modesty vest
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Cotton net, machine-embroidered cotton lace.
Measurements
230 x 260 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603938
Summary
A woman's modesty vest, v-shaped, made from cream cotton net. The cream cotton net is decorated with machine-embroidered cream cotton lace in a stylised floral pattern across the entire ground and is otherwise undecorated. Internally, the vest is unlined and has no fastenings.