Bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1895 - 1900
Materials
Silk and satin tape
Measurements
342 mm (length); 365 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657656
Summary
A square of fine cream silk knitted fabric in a open weave with a scalloped lower edge. A pink satin tape, embroidered with a floral pattern, is threaded through the top. This could be a modesty bodice or dicky. The tape is torn.