Camiknickers
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Cotton lawn, broderie anglaise, metal.
Measurements
870 x 400 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604473
Summary
A woman's pair of bifurcated camiknickers made from white cotton lawn. The camiknickers are decorated with broderie anglaise embroidery on the shoulder straps, bib and around the hem of each leg and are otherwise undecorated. Internally, the camiknickers are unlined and fasten with three fabric-covered metal buttons centre front, intact. Two separate hand-applied markings on the inner waistseam read "Trevor" and "M.M" respectively.
Provenance
Gift of Trevor?
Marks and inscriptions
Inner waistband, centre front, left hand side.: Handwritten onto an inner seam, "Trevor". Possible donor's name? See associated photograph for further details. Inner waistband, centre front, right hand side.: Sewn into inner seam, "M.M" in red thread. Probable laundry mark. See associated photograph for further details.