Day dress
Category
Costume
Date
1840 - 1845
Materials
Wool blend, silk velvet ribbons, glazed cotton, wool braid, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
1300 x 2000 mm
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604417
Summary
A woman's dress, made from a green wool blend. The green ground has been woven with a horizontal black and white stripe, with both the full-length sleeves and waistband trimmed with decorative black silk velvet ribbon. The skirt hem has green wool braid binding. Internally, the dress is fully lined in beige glazed cotton and fastens with eleven hooks and eyes centre front on the bodice, two missing.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs M.Savage.