The Cockleshell Dress
Category
Costume
Date
1899
Materials
Gold thread, Silk
Measurements
1840 mm (Length)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886169
Summary
Cream silk dress with shell design, plain cream frill at hem and sleeves which have lace finish. Belt at waist decorated with gold thread; and cream sash across chest with 1900 in gold and gold fringe. Worn with necklace of cockles and bells.
Provenance
Acquired on transfer of the house to the National Trust. This dress was worn by the Hon. Mary Agar-Robartes at a New Year's Eve party 1899. She would be twenty one on the 12th April 1900.
Marks and inscriptions
(on sash) 1900