Untitled
Category
Costume
Date
1850
Materials
Cotton gauze, gilt thread, beetle wings, cotton tape.
Measurements
1170 x 1600 mm
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604217
Summary
A woman's evening skirt, made from white cotton gauze. The skirt has four tiers of cotton gauze, each decorated with gilt thread embroidery and iridescent green/blue beetle-wings in a pattern of flowers and leaves. It is gathered onto a cotton tape waistband, is unlined, and fastens with a single hook and eye on the waistband, intact.
Provenance
Gift of Lenox-Conyngham, Springhill