Doll's coat
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk
Measurements
273 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657798
Summary
A cream silk doll's coat. The coat is in cream corded silk lined with cream silk. Opening all the way down the front, there are no fastenings. On either side of the opening is a cream embroidered panel of flowers tied with a bow. The cream corded collar is embroidered with a row of chain stitch and edged with a broad pleated cream silk frill. The silk sleeves have the same deep pleated frill with a row of chainstitch embroidery. The cotton cord sleeves are very torn. There are a couple of brownstains on the back.