Embroidered collar
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1860 - circa 1879
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
390 mm (length); 750 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658673
Summary
An adult's cream cotton collar. The collar is wide and made from a fine cotton and is embroidered with foliage and paisley motifs throughout. The neck is plain at the hem. Either side of the neck the hem is finished with a zig zag hem. The bottom of the collar has a scalloped shaped edge, and finished with a zig zag blanket stitched hem. A paisley pattern is repeated along the edge of the hem.