Fichu
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Cotton lawn, whitework embroidery, cotton bobbin lace "Valenciennes" style.
Measurements
280 x 1920 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604074
Summary
A woman's fichu made from white cotton lawn. The cotton lawn is decorated with whitework embroidery in a floral pattern across the entire ground and a 60mm deep white cotton bobbin lace trim, "Valenciennes" style, in a scalloped flounce on the lower hem, with a slimmer white cotton lace trim around the neckline, otherwise undecorated. Internally, the fichu is unlined and has no fastenings.
Provenance
Gift of John Green