Gown
Lesley Edwards
Category
Costume
Date
2004
Materials
Linen, Silk
Measurements
820 mm (Width); 1310 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Goostrey
Collection
Wordsworth House and Garden, Cumbria
NT 866697.1
Summary
Plain fitted gown in dark red silk taffeta with matching petticoat (WOR.TC.26b) and linen lining. Made by Replicawarehouse based on an illustration of a polonaise gown which survives at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester.
Makers and roles
Lesley Edwards, costumier