Bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1895
Materials
Silk damask, silk lace, braid, silk gauze, cotton, cotton tape, boning, hooks & eyes.
Measurements
410 x 940 mm
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604997.2
Summary
A woman's evening bodice, part of a ball gown, made from pink silk brocade in a floral pattern. The bodice is decorated on the three quarter length sleeves with a band of cream silk lace and with a cuff in pale pink silk gauze with a woven stripe, otherwise undecorated. It is fully lined in pale pink cotton sateen, with an integral cotton waist tie, eleven boning strips and 12 hooks and eyes for fastening centre front, intact.