Modesty vest
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Cotton net. Machine-embroidered cotton lace.
Measurements
260 x 210 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603943
Summary
A woman's modesty vest, made from cream cotton net. The cotton net ground is extensively decorated with machine-embroidered cotton lace in a stylised floral pattern, creating a decorative pierced neckline and extending to the botton hem, otherwise undecorated. Internally, the vest is unlined and has no fastenings.
Provenance
Gift of Miss V Bustard.