Chemisette
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1865
Materials
Fine cotton lawn, Bedfordshire style bobbin lace, whitework embroidery.
Measurements
430 x 510 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604481
Summary
A woman's chemisette made from fine white cotton lawn. The chemisette is decorated with a combination of Bedfordshire bobbin lace, whitework embroidery insertion and ruching on the neckline and bib and is otherwise undecorated. Internally, the object is unlined and has no fastenings.