Bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Silk satin, silk lace, embroidered silk net, glazed cotton twill, buttons, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
630 x 680 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604664.1
Summary
A woman's bodice made from black silk satin. The long-sleeved bodice is decorated with black silk lace on the stand collar, embroidered black silk net on the cuffs and is pleated for shaping on both front and back from shoulder to waist. There are five decorative black silk covered buttons centre front, with three matching buttons on the right cuff, all buttons on the left cuff missing. The bodice is fully lined in black glazed cotton twill, with two rows of seven hooks centre front for fastening (one on the lining, one on the outer bodice), one missing and three half-length boning strips, also intact.