Bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Silk velvet, silk net, silk, jet, cord, tassels, hooks & eyes, velvet ribbon, boning.
Measurements
590 x 820 mm
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604345.1
Summary
A woman's bodice made from black silk velvet. The bodice is trimmed on the v-shaped front facings and on the half-sleeve cuff with cream silk net with black velvet ribbon insertion, with two passementerie buttons with jet beads, cording and tassels on the waist centre back. It is fully lined in black silk, with two boning strips and four hooks and eyes for fastening centre front, intact.
Provenance
Gift of Mr and Mrs R. Lucas-Clements