Girl's dress
Category
Costume
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Cotton gauze, filet lace, whitework embroidery, broderie anglaise, mother-of-pearl, metal press studs.
Measurements
540 x 390 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604603
Summary
A girl's dress made from cream cotton gauze. The capped-sleeved dress is trimmed with cream filet lace on the turned cuffs, neckline and as insertion on the bodice and around the dropped waist, with floral whitework embroidery and nine small pearl buttons centre front for decoration, three missing. The skirt is tucked with a broderie anglaise hem. The dress is unlined and fastens on the shoulder with two metal press studs, intact.
Provenance
Gift of H.S.Napier.